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The mask would make your eyes and mouth twenty times
their normal size. You would look like some kind of alien
freak with these oversized facial features that are fully
functional. The massive mouth talks, the huge eyes blink and
look around.
Addendum: Lenses could also be configured to make
features appear smaller. Using this feature you could make the classic alien mask with big eyes and a small mouth. You could also do any combination. Big mouth small eyes, huge nose, one big eye, etc., etc.
In fact, you could sell a mask kit where you arrange various lenses to make your own freak mask. With enough lenses, you could expand or contract other parts of the face as well. Cranium, jaw, chin, all subject to this real time optical molding.
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[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 21 2015]
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Only if everybody wears one (+) |
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Don't go out into the sun.... |
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If it's going to make your mouth twenty times larger,
the lens is going to have to be twenty times larger
than your mouth. So, you'd be wearing something
the size of a dustbin lid. |
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// So, you'd be wearing something the size of a dustbin lid. // |
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So, it's a win-win ! There's no down side !! |
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Brilliant idea [doc] , you look amazing. S'OK, you can take the
mask off now .... oh .... |
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This could probably be done fresnellically. |
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It might be worth having a couple of small holes out
from through of which to look. |
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You've actually created a word. It's not in the
dictionary, but I believe we, as citizens, are allowed
some latitude in molding and evolving the human
language. (by human I mean English of course) |
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To use the standard words currently available you'd
have to lumber through such phrases as "by means of
a Fresnel lens" or "with a Fresnel lens" which I would
argue is, if not improper, clumsy and awkward when
a new word can be used, following strict protocols of
course. |
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So what are the rules for making words? Should
fresnellically be capitalized? Is fresnelly also
acceptable? I like fresnellically better. Fresnelly
sounds like it's "a bit more like a Fresnel lens". Can
you Fresnelify a regular lens design or would you
Fresnelize it? |
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And don't tell me we can't make up words. Each and
every word we use was made up by somebody. And
the vast majority of those people who created our
language probably smelled bad compared to us
modern humans since we bathe more. Not sure that
really factors into the discussion but I'm just saying.
Of course we
can't have linguistic anarchy lest the language
dissolve into a series of patois that are of little use to
anybody outside a particular group, but language has
to evolve to allow quicker and more efficient
communication and the liberal allowance of new
words is the way to achieve this. |
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//And don't tell me we can't make up words.// I'm
currently in Brussels, which apparently is in Belgium
which is effectively in France. And France is one of
the few countries to have retained the death penalty
for inventing new words. |
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Based on my discoveries so far, I can infer that they
use the same strategy when it comes to plumbing and
wiring. |
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What, whenever they find a wire, rather than tracing what it connects to, they just invent a new word for it? |
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That's definitely how the entire Gallic race approach the problem
of deficient drains ... |
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I'd like to add one feature. See addendum on original post. |
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