) the newest member of our moderating staff.....RedRatSnake!It's great to have you as a part of our team Tim!
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Please join me in congratulating (or in expressing sympathy for ) the newest member of our moderating staff.....RedRatSnake!
It's great to have you as a part of our team Tim!
) the newest member of our moderating staff.....RedRatSnake!It's great to have you as a part of our team Tim!
Congrats Red!
Congrats RR. I guess all those posts had to add up to something! lol
Hey Tim, looking good in blue!
Awesome!!!! You'll be a great one Timmy!! 
Very cool stuff! Most awesome choice mods 
Congrats RRS
Congrats RRS
Good deal Red...by what I've heard all you need to do is fluff pillows for us in the members lounge. Your new boss said so...here's what she said when I ask about her about getting the mod job last year...
QUOTE(Teresa @ Mar 25 2008, 10:28 AM) 
Fluffing the pillows in the Members' Lounge.
That's excellent! Congrats Tim! And a great decision BFF - whomever made that decision.
What's the pay like?
Hey RedRatSnake - you think you could put in a good word for me to get my old screen name back? (Gigantop......) Kidding! (Man did I think that was funny)
What's the pay like?
Hey RedRatSnake - you think you could put in a good word for me to get my old screen name back? (Gigantop......) Kidding! (Man did I think that was funny)
Congrats RedRatSnake!
Congratulation, Tim!
A most excellent choice!!!
Congrats, RRS! Wow, this could just be the beginning. Now, on to the Presidency... er, well, something even bigger, anyway... 
Dudlow
Excellent choice indeed!!
Just got home from work and saw the news... Congrats! Looking forward to having you on the team!
Alrighty Tim, you are going to have to have a sharp set of eyes to help you with your new job: better study up!
Congrats! BTW, you did it the old-fashioned way, you earned it!
(And yeah, I think the BFF could often be defined as a cluttered
environment! Good thing you don't have eyes on the side of your head......it would make your new job tougher maybe but if you hang around
as mod. for another million years certain advantages may accrue!!!!!
Web address:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/
080828120312.htm
Eyes Evolved For 'X-Ray Vision': Forward-facing Eyes Allow Animals To 'See Through' Clutter In The World
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The eyes of some mammals have evolved to point in the same direction. While animals with forward facing eyes lose the ability to see what's behind them, they gain X-ray vision, which makes it possible for them to see through the clutter in the world. (Credit: Rensselaer/Changizi)
ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2008) €” The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been associated solely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new study from a scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantage to binocular vision: our ability to see through things.
Most animals €” fish, insects, reptiles, birds, rabbits, and horses, for example €” exist in non-cluttered environments like fields or plains, and they have eyes located on either side of their head. These sideways-facing eyes allow an animal to see in front of and behind itself, an ability also known as panoramic vision.
Humans and other large mammals €” primates and large carnivores like tigers, for example €” exist in cluttered environments like forests or jungles, and their eyes have evolved to point in the same direction. While animals with forward-facing eyes lose the ability to see what's behind them, they gain X-ray vision, according to Mark Changizi, assistant professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer, who says eyes facing the same direction have been selected for maximizing our ability to see in leafy environments like forests.
All animals have a binocular region €” parts of the world that both eyes can see simultaneously €” which allows for X-ray vision and grows as eyes become more forward facing.
Demonstrating our X-ray ability is fairly simple: hold a pen vertically and look at something far beyond it. If you first close one eye, and then the other, you'll see that in each case the pen blocks your view. If you open both eyes, however, you can see through the pen to the world behind it.
To demonstrate how our eyes allow us to see through clutter, hold up all of your fingers in random directions, and note how much of the world you can see beyond them when only one eye is open compared to both. You miss out on a lot with only one eye open, but can see nearly everything behind the clutter with both.
"Our binocular region is a kind of 'spotlight' shining through the clutter, allowing us to visually sweep out a cluttered region to recognize the objects beyond it," says Changizi, who is principal investigator on the project. "As long as the separation between our eyes is wider than the width of the objects causing clutter €” as is the case with our fingers, or would be the case with the leaves in the forest €” then we can tend to see through it."
To identify which animals have this impressive power, Changizi studied 319 species across 17 mammalian orders and discovered that eye position depends on two variables: the clutter, or lack thereof in an animal's environment, and the animal's body size relative to the objects creating the clutter.
Changizi discovered that animals in non-cluttered environments €” which he described as either "non-leafy surroundings, or surroundings where the cluttering objects are bigger in size than the separation between the animal's eyes" (think a tiny mouse trying to see through 6-inch wide leaves in the forest) €” tended to have sideways-facing eyes.
"Animals outside of leafy environments do not have to deal with clutter no matter how big or small they are, so there is never any X-ray advantage to forward-facing eyes for them," says Changizi. "Because binocular vision does not help them see any better than monocular vision, they are able to survey a much greater region with sideways-facing eyes."
However, in cluttered environments €” which Changizi defined as leafy surroundings where the cluttering objects are smaller than the separation between an animal's eyes €” animals tend to have a wide field of binocular vision, and thus forward-facing eyes, in order to see past leaf walls.
"This X-ray vision makes it possible for animals with forward-facing eyes to visually survey a much greater region around themselves than sideways-facing eyes would allow," says Changizi. "Additionally, the larger the animal in a cluttered environment, the more forward facing its eyes will be to allow for the greatest X-ray vision possible, in order to aid in hunting, running from predators, and maneuvering through dense forest or jungle."
Changizi says human eyes have evolved to be forward facing, but that we now live in a non-cluttered environment where we might actually benefit more from sideways-facing eyes.
"In today's world, humans have more in common visually with tiny mice in a forest than with a large animal in the jungle. We aren't faced with a great deal of small clutter, and the things that do clutter our visual field €” cars and skyscrapers €” are much wider than the separation between our eyes, so we can't use our X-ray power to see through them," Changizi says. "If we froze ourselves today and woke up a million years from now, it's possible that it might be difficult for us to look the new human population in the eyes, because by then they might be facing sideways."
Changizi's research was completed in collaboration with Shinsuke Shimojo at the California Institute of Technology, and is published online in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. It was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Changizi's X-ray vision research, along with his research about our future-seeing powers, color telepathy, and eye computation abilities, will appear in his book The Vision Revolution (BenBella Books), due out in stores this spring.
Adapted from materials provided by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Congrats! BTW, you did it the old-fashioned way, you earned it!
(And yeah, I think the BFF could often be defined as a clutteredenvironment! Good thing you don't have eyes on the side of your head......it would make your new job tougher maybe but if you hang around
as mod. for another million years certain advantages may accrue!!!!!
Web address:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/
080828120312.htm
Eyes Evolved For 'X-Ray Vision': Forward-facing Eyes Allow Animals To 'See Through' Clutter In The World
enlarge
The eyes of some mammals have evolved to point in the same direction. While animals with forward facing eyes lose the ability to see what's behind them, they gain X-ray vision, which makes it possible for them to see through the clutter in the world. (Credit: Rensselaer/Changizi)
ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2008) €” The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been associated solely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new study from a scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantage to binocular vision: our ability to see through things.
Most animals €” fish, insects, reptiles, birds, rabbits, and horses, for example €” exist in non-cluttered environments like fields or plains, and they have eyes located on either side of their head. These sideways-facing eyes allow an animal to see in front of and behind itself, an ability also known as panoramic vision.
Humans and other large mammals €” primates and large carnivores like tigers, for example €” exist in cluttered environments like forests or jungles, and their eyes have evolved to point in the same direction. While animals with forward-facing eyes lose the ability to see what's behind them, they gain X-ray vision, according to Mark Changizi, assistant professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer, who says eyes facing the same direction have been selected for maximizing our ability to see in leafy environments like forests.
All animals have a binocular region €” parts of the world that both eyes can see simultaneously €” which allows for X-ray vision and grows as eyes become more forward facing.
Demonstrating our X-ray ability is fairly simple: hold a pen vertically and look at something far beyond it. If you first close one eye, and then the other, you'll see that in each case the pen blocks your view. If you open both eyes, however, you can see through the pen to the world behind it.
To demonstrate how our eyes allow us to see through clutter, hold up all of your fingers in random directions, and note how much of the world you can see beyond them when only one eye is open compared to both. You miss out on a lot with only one eye open, but can see nearly everything behind the clutter with both.
"Our binocular region is a kind of 'spotlight' shining through the clutter, allowing us to visually sweep out a cluttered region to recognize the objects beyond it," says Changizi, who is principal investigator on the project. "As long as the separation between our eyes is wider than the width of the objects causing clutter €” as is the case with our fingers, or would be the case with the leaves in the forest €” then we can tend to see through it."
To identify which animals have this impressive power, Changizi studied 319 species across 17 mammalian orders and discovered that eye position depends on two variables: the clutter, or lack thereof in an animal's environment, and the animal's body size relative to the objects creating the clutter.
Changizi discovered that animals in non-cluttered environments €” which he described as either "non-leafy surroundings, or surroundings where the cluttering objects are bigger in size than the separation between the animal's eyes" (think a tiny mouse trying to see through 6-inch wide leaves in the forest) €” tended to have sideways-facing eyes.
"Animals outside of leafy environments do not have to deal with clutter no matter how big or small they are, so there is never any X-ray advantage to forward-facing eyes for them," says Changizi. "Because binocular vision does not help them see any better than monocular vision, they are able to survey a much greater region with sideways-facing eyes."
However, in cluttered environments €” which Changizi defined as leafy surroundings where the cluttering objects are smaller than the separation between an animal's eyes €” animals tend to have a wide field of binocular vision, and thus forward-facing eyes, in order to see past leaf walls.
"This X-ray vision makes it possible for animals with forward-facing eyes to visually survey a much greater region around themselves than sideways-facing eyes would allow," says Changizi. "Additionally, the larger the animal in a cluttered environment, the more forward facing its eyes will be to allow for the greatest X-ray vision possible, in order to aid in hunting, running from predators, and maneuvering through dense forest or jungle."
Changizi says human eyes have evolved to be forward facing, but that we now live in a non-cluttered environment where we might actually benefit more from sideways-facing eyes.
"In today's world, humans have more in common visually with tiny mice in a forest than with a large animal in the jungle. We aren't faced with a great deal of small clutter, and the things that do clutter our visual field €” cars and skyscrapers €” are much wider than the separation between our eyes, so we can't use our X-ray power to see through them," Changizi says. "If we froze ourselves today and woke up a million years from now, it's possible that it might be difficult for us to look the new human population in the eyes, because by then they might be facing sideways."
Changizi's research was completed in collaboration with Shinsuke Shimojo at the California Institute of Technology, and is published online in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. It was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Changizi's X-ray vision research, along with his research about our future-seeing powers, color telepathy, and eye computation abilities, will appear in his book The Vision Revolution (BenBella Books), due out in stores this spring.
Adapted from materials provided by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
What's left now? Knighted by the queen, Sir RRS?
Hi
Thank you very much guys
I'll work hard with my new Team mates to keep things running smooth as always, Mail me anytime just to say hi or with any questions you might have and i'll always help out .
Hey ! ~ Grizz ~ Be careful what you wish for you know me i'll try to help out if i can, Man we did have some fun with that first member name you had there
Peace
Tim
Thank you very much guys
I'll work hard with my new Team mates to keep things running smooth as always, Mail me anytime just to say hi or with any questions you might have and i'll always help out .
Hey ! ~ Grizz ~ Be careful what you wish for you know me i'll try to help out if i can, Man we did have some fun with that first member name you had there
Peace
Tim
Congrats Bro, now I have to be extra careful, no need to thank me either!
Enjoy the Job Tim. And keep an eye on Spazmo will ya?
Don RedRat, I pledge to my undying loyalty to you.
Can I kiss your ring?
Can I kiss your ring?
QUOTE(Smokebender @ Jun 1 2009, 08:42 PM)
Enjoy the Job Tim. And keep an eye on Spazmo will ya?
Hi
That spinning thing should not be looked at for more than 2 minutes or else ya get drawn into a void.
Wickie ~ Did you stop scratching again ? ?
Peace
Tim
That's great news Timmy!! Congratulations...I think lol. So are we going to see another side of the RRS! The mean, nasty, in yo face RRS, who doesn't put up with crap from anyone? You definitely deserve it buddy, I can't think of another person more suited for the job/s! I also want to say "good choice" to the rest of the mods and admins here at the BFF. Just remember us little guys when your on top and doing tv interviews and getting offered movie deals and all the rest of the great things that come with being a mod on the greates site in the world.
congrats red...
Wow ... I'm friends with a "Mod" ... how cool am I now ! Seriously, congratulations Tim. Hard work for you ... but we'll be a better BF site for it ... have lot's of fun with you new position.
QUOTE
Wickie ~ Did you stop scratching again ? ?
Only if you order me too!
Congrats, Tim!
Holy cow! What a great choice.
I'll bet you would have made a good therapist Tim. I'm sure you'll make a great Mod.
Have fun, Norcal
I'll bet you would have made a good therapist Tim. I'm sure you'll make a great Mod.
Have fun, Norcal
Tim as moderator ?.. 
Let's get on thing straight Bud.
If you touch any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
If you fix any of my quotes, I'll kill ya.
If you ever warn me, I'll kill ya.
If you so much as look cross eyed at any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
Only kidding Tim. I agree, they made a fine choice and congrats brother...
Let's get on thing straight Bud.
If you touch any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
If you fix any of my quotes, I'll kill ya.
If you ever warn me, I'll kill ya.
If you so much as look cross eyed at any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
Only kidding Tim. I agree, they made a fine choice and congrats brother...
Well I thought I was finished with BFF. (I have been sneaking a peak as a guest though).
But when I seen this thread I had to break my 2 month hiatus to say,
"well done BFF"
Congrats Tim. I hope your new schedule allows you to keep to the side lines for awhile to maintain your famous persona then, give it a couple weeks,
and shake it up buddie.
Have fun, cause without a body ---- thats the best we can do here.
But when I seen this thread I had to break my 2 month hiatus to say,
"well done BFF"
Congrats Tim. I hope your new schedule allows you to keep to the side lines for awhile to maintain your famous persona then, give it a couple weeks,
and shake it up buddie.
Have fun, cause without a body ---- thats the best we can do here.
Tim - That first name was marvelous! I wonder if anyone else ever had that before I did. Maybe that can be your first task!? JK, man...no need to waste your valuable time.....And you guys thought I was a Troll! Hilarious!
I don't think you will change one bit. You have a lot of patience. I bet you are one heck of a parent. And I think you have more hope for humanity than most. Or something like that : )
Either way, you are the man!
I don't think you will change one bit. You have a lot of patience. I bet you are one heck of a parent. And I think you have more hope for humanity than most. Or something like that : )
Either way, you are the man!
Nice choice.
Congrats Tim!
Congrats Tim!
QUOTE(lookinginmichigan @ Jun 1 2009, 02:36 PM)
Good deal Red...by what I've heard all you need to do is fluff pillows for us in the members lounge. Your new boss said so...here's what she said when I ask about her about getting the mod job last year...
He has to make the coffee each morning too!
Tim you have my heartfelt congratulations and my sincere sympathy. LOL Blue is so your color!
QUOTE(Teresa @ Jun 2 2009, 07:18 AM)
He has to make the coffee each morning too!
T, don't forget the donuts...Tim has to bring the donuts every morning for a year. Sorry Bud, just part of the job don't you know.
I like the chocolate filled donuts... bring lots of those. I need my sugar overload jumpstart in the mornings. 
Just wait till we start the hazing.... muaa haa haaa
Oh... and you're on permanent
duty. 
Just wait till we start the hazing.... muaa haa haaa
Oh... and you're on permanent
duty.
Cool Tim....happy for you mate.....cheers
QUOTE(Ty @ Jun 1 2009, 11:38 PM)
Tim as moderator ?..
Let's get on thing straight Bud.
If you touch any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
If you fix any of my quotes, I'll kill ya.
If you ever warn me, I'll kill ya.
If you so much as look cross eyed at any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
Only kidding Tim. I agree, they made a fine choice and congrats brother...
Let's get on thing straight Bud.
If you touch any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
If you fix any of my quotes, I'll kill ya.
If you ever warn me, I'll kill ya.
If you so much as look cross eyed at any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
Only kidding Tim. I agree, they made a fine choice and congrats brother...
Hi
They told me it was a Moderator Job ~ Not Moberator
Peace
Tim
hey tim REDRAT congrats etc to your new job here in this awesome forum. good afternoon bill g 
QUOTE(Ty @ Jun 1 2009, 11:38 PM)
If you touch any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
If you fix any of my quotes, I'll kill ya.
If you ever warn me, I'll kill ya.
If you so much as look cross eyed at any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
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If you fix any of my quotes, I'll kill ya.
If you ever warn me, I'll kill ya.
If you so much as look cross eyed at any of my posts, I'll kill ya.
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There, I fixed that for ya Ty...
Oh, and Red...
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RayG
Congrats!
Congrats Tim!
A very good choice indeed.
A very good choice indeed.
My sincerest condolences Tim.
Wow, Tim, old boy, I don't often look down this far on my monitor. Congrats! Now what the heck's this about "fluffing?"
congrats RedRatsnake.....you deserve it ..........so whens the party? 
......just kidding.....congrats again dude
blackcat.........
..........so whens the party? ......just kidding.....congrats again dudeblackcat.........
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