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From: Veronica Karlsson <dream@on.spammer>
Subject: Re: Illusions and impossible things :)
Date: 1997/10/25
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Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art


JEZ wrote:
> 
> "����Ĭ (Benjamin)" <bullet@comports.com> said:
> >Jesper Nielsen wrote:
> >>
> >> Just some nice impossible ASCII figures I've collected. Please send additions
> >> to jez@post1.com.
> >>               ________
> >>              /\       \
> >>             /  \       \
> >>            /    \       \
> >>           /   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
> 
> Sorry I don't quite understand your description.
> 
> This still looks quite impossible to me.

This is quite clearly NOT an "impossible" figure!

I'll try to explain.... 

(I have left some space so you should be able to see one picture first
and get used to it before you go on to the next picture...)




Take two of these blocks:


           ________    ________
          /\       \  /\       \
         /  \       \/  \       \
        /    \       \   \       \
       /      \_______\   \_______\
       \      /       /   /       /
        \    /       /   /       /
         \  /       /\  /       /
          \/_______/  \/_______/


































And look at it "from the side", just like this stick man:


                                                    ______
                                                   /    _ \
                                                  /   >(') \
                                                  \    ( >)'\
                                                   \   ''    |
                                                   /  ______/
                ________    ________              /  /
               /\       \  /\       \            /  /
              /  \       \/  \       \          /  /
  __O        /    \       \   \       \        /  /
   /| ---\  /      \_______\   \_______\      /  /
  /   ---/  \      /       /   /       /     /  /
 /|          \    /       /   /       /     /  /
//            \  /       /\  /       /   \_/  /
``             \/_______/  \/_______/        /
                                            |
                                             \


































What the stick man sees:


                 ____
              .-'  _ `-.
             /   >(')   \
            |     ( >)'  |
             \    ''    /
              `-.    .-'
                 |  |
                 |  |
                 |  |
                 |  |
              ___I__I___
             |          |
             |          |
        _____I____      |
       |          |     |
       |          |     |
       |          |_____|
       |          | |
       |          | |
_______|__________|_`-._____________









































Remove the tree and the ground and get this:

              __________
             |          |
             |          |
        _____I____      |
       |          |     |
       |          |     |
       |          |_____|
       |          |
       |          |
       |__________|






























Add a third block:


   __________
  |          |
  |          |
  |          |__________
  |          |          |
  |          |          |
  |__________I____      |
       |          |     |
       |          |     |
       |          |_____|
       |          |
       |          |
       |__________|



(see, quite possible :)



































Look at it from the first angle again:


             ________                 
            /\       \                
           /  \       \               
          /    \       \              
         /      \_______\             
         \      /       /             
       ___\    /   ____/___           
      /\   \  /   /\       \          
     /  \   \/___/  \       \         
    /    \       \   \       \        
   /      \_______\   \_______\       
   \      /       /   /       /       
    \    /       /   /       /        
     \  /       /\  /       /         
      \/_______/  \/_______/

         







































DON'T get confused by this just because it reminds a little about this
famous triangle:


           ____
          /   /\
         /   /  \
        /   /    \
       /   /      \
      /   /   /\   \
     /   /   /  \   \
    /   /   /\   \   \
   /   /   /  \   \   \
  /   /___/____\   \   \
 /              \   \   \
/________________\   \   \
\                     \  /
 \_____________________\/


The three blocks are NOT "aligned" in the way that the three corner
cubes of the impossible triangle are:


           ____
          /   /\
         /___/  \
        /   /\  /\
       /   /  \/  \
      /   /   /\   \
     /   /   /  \   \
    /   /   /\   \   \
   /   /   /  \   \   \
  /___/___/____\   \   \
 /   /          \   \  /\
/___/____________\___\/  \
\   \             \   \  /
 \___\_____________\___\/


[I hope this made sense to _somebody_]

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