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Started by Viking, January 28, 2010, 07:08:07 AM

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Viking

January 28, 2010, 07:08:07 AM
On TV and in the Movies the view through Binoculars is represented as a black background with two visible slightly overlapping disks (like the mastercard logo). I just see one visible disk. So to confirm, everybody else sees one disk and does everybody else think the movie way of doing this is just a stupid way of showing that binoculars rather than a spyglass are being used.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Eddie Teach

#1
January 28, 2010, 07:22:34 AM
Make sure you don't get caught, Tom.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Viking

#2
January 28, 2010, 07:31:11 AM
groan... why does a simple question about the presentation of binoculars turn into a discussion about perversion...
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Admiral Yi

#3
January 28, 2010, 07:38:18 AM
Quote from: Viking on January 28, 2010, 07:31:11 AM
groan... why does a simple question about the presentation of binoculars turn into a discussion about perversion...
Because not a lot of bird watchers on the board.

Grey Fox

#4
January 28, 2010, 07:43:18 AM
Movies have it right.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Viking

#5
January 28, 2010, 07:54:00 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 28, 2010, 07:43:18 AM
Movies have it right.

seriously? two disks?

I only see one disk when I look through binoculars. WTF?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Grey Fox

#6
January 28, 2010, 08:03:45 AM
Cause your brain does the interpretation.

If you show 1 disk, then it's a telescope.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Viking

#7
January 28, 2010, 08:09:09 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 28, 2010, 08:03:45 AM
Cause your brain does the interpretation.

If you show 1 disk, then it's a telescope.

And your brain does not do the interpretation?

Your brain gets rid of the blind-spot in your eye, so it fixes this as well, but still, what I see is the one disk. What a person looking through the binoculars should see one disk as well.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Vricklund

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January 28, 2010, 08:18:56 AM
The lousier the binoculars the more you notice the two discs. I think it's pretty nifty way of handling it in the movies though. How do you suggest they show it? :)

Eddie Teach

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January 28, 2010, 08:53:31 AM
Quote from: Viking on January 28, 2010, 07:31:11 AM
groan... why does a simple question about the presentation of binoculars turn into a discussion about perversion...

Who said anything about perversion? Your tastes could be perfectly natural...
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Malthus

#10
January 28, 2010, 09:35:24 AM
I see only a single image when looking through binoculars.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

KRonn

#11
January 28, 2010, 09:44:41 AM
Quote from: Malthus on January 28, 2010, 09:35:24 AM
I see only a single image when looking through binoculars.
Same for me, one disc. Maybe it depends on the type of binoculars being used?

Viking

#12
January 28, 2010, 09:46:08 AM
Quote from: Vricklund on January 28, 2010, 08:18:56 AM
The lousier the binoculars the more you notice the two discs. I think it's pretty nifty way of handling it in the movies though. How do you suggest they show it? :)

I'm in favour of using the single disk, y'know, just like it looks in normal binoculars.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

derspiess

#13
January 28, 2010, 09:49:36 AM
The movie Top Secret! deconstructed this & lampooned it long ago.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

PDH

#14
January 28, 2010, 11:19:41 AM
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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