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These are essentially two tubes, that strap to your face over your eyes or over your glasses if that's your thing. It sucks in all the important words on the screen and technologically filters out all the interesting stuff that occurs elsewhere in the room, on your desk, on other people's desks, and
out of the window, out there, outside.
Kinda like this?
http://shop.pilotwa...23catno1540023.html
Student pilots wear these so they can't see out the windows while they are learning to fly by the gauges. [baconbrain, Feb 08 2007]
These will also modify how you see things
http://www.fakecrap...ts/barnoculars.html
[normzone, Feb 08 2007]
Resistance is futile.
http://www.kyb.mpg....ectDescription.html
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 09 2007]
I predict a simultaneous invention
http://u0421793.blo...eous-invention.html
Something wot I wrote about yesterday morning, in my bog. [Ian Tindale, Jun 29 2008]
The Francis IFR Hood
http://www.aircraft...francis_ifrhood.php
[Klaatu, Jun 29 2008]
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They've got those big monocular things housed over the top of radar displays and the like - but I think that's because those displays traditionally were very low contrast and needed a means of cutting out ambient light. |
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Or, you could go the early photography route and drape a great big curtain over your head, the screen and your keyboard. This would have the advantage of stopping management from peering over your shoulder at unwelcome moments. |
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They would have the added advantage that onlookers would not be able to see your eyes, allowing one to sleep at work without fear of reprisals. |
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Unless the repriser was right in front of you. |
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Well, yes, of course. However, with one's face pointing towards the screen - the binoculars can suck the words and you can catch some zzzs. |
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"The quality of these binoculars is fantastic! - they're so clear!" |
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With the blast shield down, I can't even
see. How am I supposed to fight? |
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The problem is that the "important words"
I'm looking at are on the HB, which is a
silly place. I guess they would just go
black. |
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And let's not forget about "Barnoculars". |
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With matching ear trumpets to focus the ears. |
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D'you know, I think the time is right for developments in these associated fields to culminate in crossing-over into a crux. I predict that there will be a simultaneous invention of something like a hat, or something like that. I predict that it will occur this year. I've referred to it in my bog, over there, in the links. |
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Even better are biconeulars, essentially two ear trumpets strapped to your eyes. (Or you could call them eye-trumpets, but that sounds old fashioned.) Being naturally wide-angle, they're almost as good as wearing nothing at all. |
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Someone has hacked Lou's account and is making funnies... |
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