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12% Of People Are Immune To 3-D Effects

Nick Upton — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:43:57 +0000

If you’re not wowed by the new rash of 3-D movies, there is a chance you are immune to the stereoscopic effect of the movies.

One man disgruntled by the lack of “wow” he got from 3-D movies set out to see if he was just a curmudgeon or if he really wasn’t seeing the same thing.

He found that he was among the small fraction of people upon which 3-D effects simply don’t work. These people, sadly, are wasting the premium ticket price because their eyes aren’t working in tandem like they should.

To get the benefit of 3D and have normal depth perception, stereovision (otherwise known as binocular vision) is needed with two eyes that work together simultaneously as a coordinated team.

At least 12% of people have some type of problem with their binocular vision but less than five percent have severe visual disabilities, making appreciation of 3D tricky or impossible.

[Via Shadowlocked]

NY Times Publishes “How To” For Online Dating

Asterios Kokkinos — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:12:23 +0000

A few days ago, the New York Times released a story on the do’s and dont’s of online dating, based on statistical analysis from the people at OK Cupid. Sure, you could read an entire article, but why not just let me synthesize the relevant data for you? Don’t you work hard enough?

If you’re a man, don’t look into the camera or smile in your profile picture. Because apparently women are looking for cold, calculating monsters.
If you’re a woman, instead of showing off your physical assets, pick a photo that shows you having fun or playing a guitar. I mean, you’re trying to pick up gay guys, right?
Photos of people with their pets, on vacation or doing some kind of activity received more conversation requests than any other type of photo. You could take a photo of yourself on vacation playing guitar with your pet!
Analysis showed that words like “cool” and “fascinating” worked better than “cutie” or “beautiful.” What, I’m not supposed to call some girl I don’t even know a total hottie? How will she know that I like girls?!
Words that got less of a response? “hi,” “hello,” “hey,” “LOL,” “O RLY?” Words that got a better response? “ahoy” or “howdy.” So go ahead and tell every girl online “ahoy,” – I’m sure you’ll do great!
Do not tell your date you Googled them. Unless you’re dating me, in which case, I’m flattered.

Making Drinks Just Got More Complicated

Nick Upton — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:53:32 +0000

I suck at making drinks — if it calls for more than two ingredients, I will probably end up sticky and holding a terrible drink. Now some engineer has made those gimlets, rusty nails and manhattans even more complicated with a huge blueprint of popular drinks.

I’m not sure this will be featured above the home bar, I’d much rather have a headache the next day then when I’m trying to make myself a drink.

You can find the whole drink blueprint at Flowing Data — complete with several keys in the sidebar for all your liquor engineering needs.

[Via Flowing Data]