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From: nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca (Normand Veilleux)
Subject: Line: Illusion
Date: 1996/02/16
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It is said that life is just an illusion, but sometimes illusions
just come to life!  See for yourself.

First, let's take a three dimentional image of 'an upside down U':

                                    ,a,
                                ,ad8""Y8a,
                            ,ad8""      "Y8a,
                        ,ad8""             "Y8a,
                    ,ad8""                    "Y8a,
                ,ad8""          ,ad8a,           "Y8a,
            ,ad8""          ,ad8"" "8Y8a,           "Y8a,
        ,ad8""          ,ad8""      8  "Y8a,           "Y8a,
    ,ad8""          ,ad8""          8     "Y8a,           "Y8a,
 ad8Y"          ,ad8""          ,ad88a,      "Y8a,           "Y8a,
 8 "Y8a,    ,ad8""          ,ad8""   "Y8a,  ,ad8""          ,ad8"8
 8    "Y8ad8""          ,ad8""          Y888""          ,ad8""   8
 8      8"          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""       8
 8      8       ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,8
 "Y8a,  8   ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
    "Y8a8ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
       "Y"           ad8Y"          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
                     8 "Y8a,    ,ad8""          ,ad8""
                     8    "Y8ad8""          ,ad8""
                     8      8"          ,ad8""
                     8      8       ,ad8""
                     "Y8a,  8   ,ad8""
                        "Y8a8ad8""
                           "8"


Then, let's take 3 cylinders of the same width:


                                ,dPPRg,
                            ,ad8""   `Yb
                        ,ad8""        (8
                    ,ad8""          ,adP
                ,ad8""          ,ad8""
            ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,dPPRg,
        ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""   `Yb
    ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""          ,ad8""        (8
   dP'   `Yb    ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,adP
   8)     (8,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
   Yb     d8P"          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,dPPRg,
    "8ggg8"         ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""   `Yb
                ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""          ,ad8""        (8
               dP'   `Yb    ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,adP
               8)     (8,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
               Yb     d8P"          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
                "8ggg8"         ,ad8""          ,ad8""
                            ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""
                           dP'   `Yb    ,ad8""
                           8)     (8,ad8""
                           Yb     d8P"
                            "8ggg8"




Now, let's merge the two together and this is what we get:

                                        ,a,
                                    ,ad8""Y8a,
                                ,ad8""      "Y8a,
                            ,ad8""             "Y8a,
                        ,ad8""                    "Y8a,
                    ,ad8""          ,ad8a,           "Y8a,
                ,ad8""          ,ad8"" "8Y8a,           "Y8a,
            ,ad8""          ,ad8""      8  "Y8a,           "Y8a,
        ,ad8""          ,ad8""          8     "Y8a,           "Y8a,
    ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""          ,ad88a,      "Y8a,           "Y8a,
   dP'   `Yb    ,ad8""          ,ad8""   "Y8a,  ,ad8""          ,ad8"8
   8)     (8,ad8""          ,ad8""          Y888""          ,ad8""   8
   Yb     d8P"          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""       8
    "8ggg8"         ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,8
                ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
               dP'   `Yb    ,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
               8)     (8,ad8""          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
               Yb     d8P"          ,ad8""          ,ad8""
                "8ggg8"         ,ad8""          ,ad8""   Normand
                            ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""       Veilleux
                           dP'   `Yb    ,ad8""
                           8)     (8,ad8""
                           Yb     d8P"
                            "8ggg8"

Get the picture?  :-)

This was inspired by the following graphic:
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