X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cb9b84db809e750 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Tom Harvey Subject: Re: Illusions and impossible things :) Date: 1997/10/25 Message-ID: <3QzQIFArAiU0EwuW@tomh.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 284916688 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: tomh.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.57] References: <344EAAA3.41C6@comports.com> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article , Brock Kevin Nambo writes >>>> ________ >>>> /\ \ >>>> / \ \ >>>> / \ \ >>>> / 3 \_______\ >>>> \ / / >>>> ___\ / ____/___ >>>> /\ \ / /\ \ >>>> / \ \/___/ \ \ >>>> / \ \ \ \ >>>> / \_______\ \_______\ >>>> \ / / / / >>>> \ / / / / >>>> \ / 1 /\ / 2 / >>>> \/_______/ \/_______/ 'logicko' >>> >>>what so impossible about this, >>>it looks like 3 cube >>>looks like cube 1 place on top of cube 2 cover a corner of cube2 >>>and cube 3 place on top the side of it >>> >>The bottom of cubes 1 and 2 are in line. The top of cube 1, however, is >>further back (being behind cube 3) than the top of cube 2, even though >>they appear to be balanced at the same angle. > >No, he's right. Somebody looking at the picture doesn't necessarily assume >the sides line up; I didn't see it. This figure wouldn't stand up very well >on its own though-- > >My version of it: >set one and two down, standing on their edges (may be tricky.) >put three onto the top edge, so that it pushes one away from and two towards >you. >About halfway down, it will look like this. continue, and you will get... > > ____________________ > /\ /\ /\ \ > / \ / \ / \ \ > / \/ \/ \ \ > / 1 / 3 / 2 \_______\ > \ \ \ / / > \ /\ /\ / / > \ / \ / \ / / > \/____\/____\/_______/ > >(I can't do a perspective view of that :(.. ) >Anyway, it will be three blocks in a row, standing on their edges, in order >(front to back) 2, 3, 1. > >Do you see what I mean? I think I follow. Looking at it again, it is ambiguous. The perspective of the original hasn't translated very well into ascii. I have tried to illustate my poor explaination below. It is based on the same play on perspective that Escher's waterfall uses (Turn your head on its side): ________ ________ /\ \ /\ \ / \ \ / \ \ / \ \ / /\ \ \ / 3 \_ _\ / / \ \ \ /\ /\ /\ / / \ \ \ /_ / \_ _\ / / \ \ \ /\ / /\ \ / / /\ \ \ \ / \/___/ \ \ / / / \ \ \ \ / / \ \ \ / / / /\ \ \ \ \ / \/______\___\_______\ / / / / /\ \ \_\_______\ \ / / / / \ \ \/_/ \ \ / / / \ / / \ \ /----\-\- / / \ / 1 2 / \ \__/------\- / / \/_______/__\/_______/ \/_/ \/_______/ -- Tom Harvey | Newsgroup correspondence should be kept to newsgroups. tom@tomh. | Personal correspondence: UCE spoiler in use. demon.co.uk | For further details: http://www.nospam.demon.co.uk