X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cb9b84db809e750 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine Subject: Re: Illusions and impossible things :) Date: 1997/10/26 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 285172989 References: <344EAAA3.41C6@comports.com> <6bJDdEANemU0Ewui@tomh.demon.co.uk> <34529600.ABD322C@on.spammer> <345324f6.1506421@news.abc.se> Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xemu.demon.co.uk [158.152.196.209] Organization: 1st Canine Chapel of Bob Dobbs Dog (Church of the SubGenius) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article <345324f6.1506421@news.abc.se>, Martin writes: >Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > ________ > /\ \ > / \ \ > / \ \ > / \_______\ > \ / / > ___\ / ____/___ > /\ \ / /\ \ > / \ \/___/ \ \ > / \ \ \ \ > / \_______\ \_______\ > \ / / / / > \ / / / / > \ / /\ / / > \/_______/ \/_______/ 'logico' > The ABOVE picture is not impossible, because I have shown how it can be resolvved into a real object. It only becmes possible if you add that you are equating the height of differnet planes: >>>>> Y________ >>>>> /\ . \ >>>>> / \.......\ >>>>> / \(3). \ >>>>> / \___.___\X >>>>> \ /\ /\ >>>>> ___\ / \____/__\ >>>>> /\ \ / /\ . \ >>>>> / \...\/___/ \.......\ >>>>> / \(1). \ \(2). \ >>>>> / \___.___\ \___.___\ >>>>> \ / / / / >>>>> \ / / / / >>>>> \ / /\ / / >>>>> \/_______/ \/_______/ 'logicko' >>>>> Z Yes, if (2) and (3) are supposed to be at the same Z-height [is this what you are saying?] then it is clearly impossible. ************************************* When you put the linkages in below, so that it is linking incompatible planes as being the same height, then the drawing is unambiguous: it has only one meaning, and that an impossible one equivalent to the "impossible triangle". >The picture can be seen in 2 ways, because it is not in 3d, just faked 3d in 2d. >If you still just see a possible shape, check these additions: > > ________ > /\ \ > / \ \ > / \ \ > / \_______\ > \ / ___ / > ___\ / / __\_/___ > /\ \ / \/\ \ > / \ /\/___/ \ \ > / \ \___/ \__ \ \ > / \_______\ \ \_______\ > \ / /_/ / / > \ / / / / > \ / /\ / / > \/_______/ \/_______/ 'logico' >Both shapes are well known Illusion-shapes Yes, why not just do this? >>>>> Y________ >>>>> /\ . \ >>>>> /' \.......\ >>>>> /' ' \(3). \ >>>>> /' ' ' \___.___\X >>>>> /\ ' ' '/\ .'.'./\ >>>>> /__\ ' '/.'\____/__\ >>>>> /\ \ '/.'./\ . \ >>>>> /' \...\/___/ \.......\ >>>>> /' ' \(1/Z \ \(2). \ >>>>> /' ' ' \/__.___\...\___.___\ >>>>> \ ' ' '/.'.'.'./ /.'.'.'./ >>>>> \ ' '/.'.'.'./ /.'.'.'./ >>>>> \ '/.'.'.'./\ /.'.'.'./ >>>>> \/.'.'.'./..\/.'.'.'./ 'logicko' >>>>> That is clearly impossible, the real object is >>>>> Y________ >>>>> /\(3). \ >>>>> /' \.......\ >>>>> /' ' \ . \ >>>>> /' ' ' \___.___\X >>>>> /\ ' ' '/.'.'.'./ >>>>> /__\ ' '/.'.'.'./__ >>>>> /\(1)\ '/.'.'.'./.(2)\ >>>>> /' \...\/.'.'.'./......\ >>>>> /' ' \ /Z \ /\ . \ >>>>> /' ' ' \/__.___\/..\___.___\ >>>>> \ ' ' '/.'.'.'./ /.'.'.'./ >>>>> \ ' '/.'.'.'./ /.'.'.'./ >>>>> \ '/.'.'.'./\ /.'.'.'./ >>>>> \/.'.'.'./..\/.'.'.'./ 'logicko' >>>>> |~/ |~/ ~~|;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;||';-._.-;'^';||_.-;'^'0-|~~ P | Woof Woof, Glug Glug ||____________|| 0 | P O | Who Drowned the Judge's Dog? | . . . . . . . '----. 0 | O O | answers on *---|_______________ @__o0 | O L |{a href="news:alt.religion.scientology"}{/a}_____________|/_______| L and{a href="http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/clam/lynx/q0.html"}{/a}XemuSP4(:)