T3D Re: Cardboarding...

[Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:20 PM -0700 10/6/98, William J. Carter, Ph.D. wrote:
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>Apropos of these statements, but a bit off topic; several years ago I put a
>couple of orthogonally opposed polarizers over the headlights of my car,
>they were about two feet apart (Series IIA Land Rover). I put on glasses
>having the same alignment, and looked around. The only thing I saw which
>held the polarization was a single spike in a phone pole, a long half block
>away. I could tell EXACTLY where that spike was relative to the pole, what's
>more, the pole appeared dimensionally curved at that point. It was a very
>odd sensation, having that enormous depth resolution of a small object at
>that distance. Like an itch you can't scratch, it was... weird!

Were you driving at the time?  If you'd worn anaglyph specs you could've
fused the red & blue lights on all the squad cars following you...  :-)

-Jim

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