What’s Your Preference?

xd40c · #1 (**permalink**) 06-23-2011, 08:59 PM

So I'm sitting here at work today, minding my own business as always. I decided to snap a couple pics which included my flat screen monitor a couple feet behind the subject (my feet). The monitor was on, but in the photos, it was black. It just so happened that I had the Circular Polarizer on the lens. On a lark, I removed the Polarizer, and there popped the screen. I put the Circular Polizer back on and could make the screen image completely disappear by rotating the filter. Maybe this is common knowledge, but I sure did not expect it....

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Tzetsin · #2 (**permalink**) 06-23-2011, 09:34 PM

yep, same thing with polarized sun glasses. I bought a pair the other day, then took some shots on my camera, chimped it an was pissed off for a whole minute wondering why my camera wouldnt preview... (it previews fine landscape, but i was looking at it portrait, and it doesnt show up then)

Quo Fan · #3 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 12:51 PM

Glad to see I'm not the only one who ties a knot in their laces to keep them centered.

mad editor · #4 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 10:46 PM

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Glad to see I'm not the only one who ties a knot in their laces to keep them centered.

Never heard of that!

thatBilly · #5 (**permalink**) 06-25-2011, 12:10 AM

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Maybe this is common knowledge, but I sure did not expect it....

Yeah, I remember my dad explaining liquid crystal polarisation to me when I was a kid in the mid 80s. I thought it would be (fairly) common knowledge.

Tzetsin · #6 (**permalink**) 06-25-2011, 01:54 AM

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Yeah, I remember my dad explaining liquid crystal polarisation to me when I was a kid in the mid 80s. I thought it would be (fairly) common knowledge.

lol wow, what kind of family did you grow up in? my old man still doesnt know what "LCD" even stands for.

Izzy · #7 (**permalink**) 06-25-2011, 02:14 AM

Another example is that I went into the store to pay for gas the other day (still wearing the sunglasses) and when I was supposed to sign the deal for my card, she said sign on the line and I said "what line? it's all dark"

thatBilly · #8 (**permalink**) 06-25-2011, 09:53 PM

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lol wow, what kind of family did you grow up in? my old man still doesnt know what "LCD" even stands for.

My Father and I are always keen to learn how things work. We used to build and fix things all the time. I remember him dismantling a calculator to show me how the LCD screen had a polarised plastic layer above the glass screen which he removed then showed me how you could use polarised sunglasses to see the screen just the same.

Tzetsin · #9 (**permalink**) 06-25-2011, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by thatBilly

My Father and I are always keen to learn how things work. We used to build and fix things all the time. I remember him dismantling a calculator to show me how the LCD screen had a polarised plastic layer above the glass screen which he removed then showed me how you could use polarised sunglasses to see the screen just the same.

My old man and I were very much like that as well, only instead of electronics, it was mechanical. Nowdays its me teaching him electronics like he was teaching me mechanics. Yep, I can rebuild an engine AND build/rebuild/repair computers. It saves a crap load of money in my house.