P3D Re: Cyclops anatomy

[JNorman805@xxxxxxx]

Tony writes

<< I speculate: the Cyclops eye was unlike the human eye; rather it
 was a siamese twin of an eye with two retinas, two optic paths that
 shared one pupil and iris. We have seen discussions of single-lens
 stereoscopy on this list before; since the Cyclops was a giant, and had
 one GIANT (not normally proportioned) eye, he surely had enough parallax
 across his cornea to rival the stereo perception of his puny human
 rivals. >>

Or how 'bout this:  The giant Cyclops had a rather slow-functioning brain, 
which was able to retain the image registered by his single eye.  When he 
side-stepped the appropriate distance, the retained image fused with the new 
image to create -- EUREKA! -- stereopsis.  He may have been dumb, he may have 
been ugly, but, boy, could he cha-cha!  

Incidentally, I have a neat video clip (or whatever you call it in cyber-ese) 
showing Cyclops' prom date in a slinky evening get-up, singing her theme 
song.  If anybody's interested, e-mail me off list, and I'll send it to you 
for downloading.  Limited to the first five requests; I don't want to make a 
career of this....

Jim Norman