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Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 10 Jun 1994.
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| | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __|   / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \
| |_| \__ \  __/ | | |  __/ |_   / ___ \| | | (__| | | | |\ V /  __/
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LINE - Samples from SAAA 2.0 (Part 2 - 20 K)

LINE - Samples from SAAA 2.0 (Part 2 - 20 K)

rec.arts.ascii · 4 messages · 10 Jun 1994 - 12 Jun 1994
Bob Allison <bob...@gagme.wwa.com> ASCII art 10 Jun 1994 04:20 · permalink · report
   Here are some more goodies from SAAA 2.0 (Scarecrow's ASCII Art 
Archive 2.0).

   I've included 'From:' lines to tell who emailed or posted the piece(s).
In many cases, the person who sends or posts the art is not the creator.
Unfortunately that information is sometimes lost.  The sender's comments are
in quotes, mine are in brackets, and anything else came with the art.
 
   If you see any good pics, send them to: bob...@gagme.wwa.com
 
   Enjoy!
 
Scarecrow


____
From: hav...@cs.utwente.nl (Danny D.N. Havenith)
[Someone posted a Winnie the Pooh in response to a request.  It was kind of
big, so I did a quickie reduction and reposted it.  I asked if someone wanted
to smooth it out a bit.  To which...]

"I have tried to smoothen up the 'quickie reduction' version of the Winnie the
Pooh picture. My girlfriend finished the work I started. You'll find the
result below."

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 ,8"    "bb88db,    lb
 dl      "    "b,   .B'
 "b.            "b ,9'
   "b             "b
   .J)             "b.
  .d                "8a.
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 88                 d  B
 88                MP  P
 88                    'ba+
  "8                     YP
   "8            d       P
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  L;;PMMMbaa_   "d88ad8'
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   ,V;;;;;;;;;;"Man,8b.
   gd;;;;;;;;;;;;;"Mb;Mb.
  gd;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;"Mb,
 d8b;;;;;;;;b;;;;;;;;;;;"b,
 7P"8ba;;;;;B;;;;;;;;;;;;"Na
 8"   "8b;;a";;;;;;;;;;;;;lB.
 B     "8b,d;;paaaaaaqaL;;;"B
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"b      B                       b8_
 B     78                       8^"8,
 P     d"                       "8  "8,
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      'W8          "8ba.        B"
        8.            l8      .8"
        "b.            8a     B'
       d8'b.            B.  XP'
     d"   "ba.           P XP
   .8       "ba_        ad8ba
   l8         'Bb,    aP"_  "8.
   '8      .adP""9a .d" d    lb
    l     .ad"    "ad" f"    lP
     8    '  "b    88 l'    ;l"
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        '9     P'   lb.'    8"
          '98P       8ba _aP"
                       '""'
*_____*_____*_____*_*  _*  *____**_____*_____*____*
|  _  |     |     | |_| |__| __ \| ____|  _  | __ \
| ____|  |  |  |  |  _  |__| __ <| __|_|  _  |    /
|_|   *_____*_____*_| *_|  *____/*_____*__|__*_|\_\*
*

             Credits:
Originally posted by: Brad Littlejohn
        'Reduced' by: The Scarecrow
       'Smoothed' by: Margriet Verlinden & Danny Havenith
    'Pooh-Bear' from: Steve Sullivan


____
From: jor...@Notwerk.mcs.com (Jorn Barger)


-_                 _-_                 _-_      .
   \             /     \             /     \    .
    \           /       \           /       \   .
_ _ _\ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ \ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ \ _.
      \       /           \       /           \ .
       \     /             \     /             \.
         -_-                 -_-                .


[I believe this next one is a diamond.]
    _________
   /|\     /|\
  / |  \ /  | \
 /__|__/ \__|__\
|\  |  | |  |  /|
| \ |----|--| / |
| /\-\---|---/\ |
|/_____|\|_____\|
 \  |  \ /  |  /
  \ |  / \  | /
   \|/     \|/
    --------


[Cool.]
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$$$$$$$$$$$$""o$$$$$$$$$$"$"$$$$$$$o$"$$$$$$$$$$$$
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$"$$$"    o$$$$$$$$$"$$$$$$"" "$$$$$$"$$$$$  $$$"$
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$$$o"$$o    "$""  "$""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$oo$$$"$$$
$$$$o"$$$o        "     $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o$$"o$$$$
$$$$$$o"$$$o         oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"o$$$$$
$$$$$$$$o"$$$$ooooo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"o$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$o""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"oo$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$o$""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$""oo$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o$o$"$"$"$"$oo$o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


____
From: bob...@gagme.wwa.com (The Scarecrow)
[I didn't keep the sender's name on these two.  But this next one is nice.]

                /----|       .         .
  .            /     [   .        .         .
         ______|---- _|__     .        .
.     _--    --\_<\_//   \-----           .
     _  _--___   \__/     ___  -----_ **     *
 *  _- _-      --_         /  [ ----__  --_  *
*/__-      .    [           _[  *** --_  [*
  [*/ .          __[/-----__/   [**     [*/
        .     /--  /            /
     .        /   /   /[----___/        .
             /   /*[  !   /==/              .
  .         /   /==[   |/==/      .
          _/   /=/ | _ |=/   .               .
         /_   //  / _ _//              .
 .       [ '//    |__//    .    .            .
        /==/  .  /==/                .
      /==/     /==/                       .
    /==/     /==/       .       .    .
 _/==/    _/==/            .
 [|*      [|*                   White Powder!!


[I touched up this next one a bit.]
                 .______.
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
.________________!      !________________.
|                                        |
|                                        |
|                                        |
!________________.      .________________!
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 |      |
                 !______!


____
From: woo...@udcf.gla.ac.uk (Woodeeeee)
[In response to dee...@hilda.mast.queensu.ca (Todd Deery)'s request for a
penguin, Ian Woodrow posted the following.]

             . --- .
           /        \
          |  O  _  O |
          |  ./   \. |
          /  `-._.-'  \
        .' /         \ `.
    .-~.-~/           \~-.~-.
.-~ ~    |             |    ~ ~-.
`- .     |             |     . -'
     ~ - |             | - ~
         \             /
       ___\           /___
       ~;_  >- . . -<  _i~
          `'         `'


____
From: STE...@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Steven M Sullivan")

[This next one is from Steve's castle collection.]
    |>>>                                                      |>>>
    |                     |>>>          |>>>                  |
    *                     |             |                     *
   / \                    *             *                    / \
  /___\                 _/ \           / \_                 /___\
  [   ]                |/   \_________/   \|                [   ]
  [ I ]                /     \       /     \                [ I ]
  [   ]_ _ _          /       \     /       \          _ _ _[   ]
  [   ] U U |        {#########}   {#########}        | U U [   ]
  [   ]====/          \=======/     \=======/          \====[   ]
  [   ]    |           |   I |_ _ _ _| I   |           |    [   ]
  [___]    |_ _ _ _ _ _|     | U U U |     |_ _ _ _ _ _|    [___]
  \===/  I | U U U U U |     |=======|     | U U U U U | I  \===/
   \=/     |===========| I   | + W + |   I |===========|     \=/
    |  I   |           |     |_______|     |           |   I  |
    |      |           |     |||||||||     |           |      |
    |      |           |   I ||vvvvv|| I   |           |      |
_-_-|______|-----------|_____||     ||_____|-----------|______|-_-_
   /________\         /______||     ||______\         /________\
  |__________|-------|________\_____/________|-------|__________|
       Jeffrey T. Crites


               .           .   ________________    .        .
                     .    ____/ (  (    )   )  \___
               .         /( (  (  )   _    ))  )   )\        .   .
                       ((     (   )(    )  )   (   )  )   .
            .    .   ((/  ( _(   )   (   _) ) (  () )  )        .   .
                    ( (  ( (_)   ((    (   )  .((_ ) .  )_
                                            )             )
          #####  ####   ### ###  ###### ( _)    ####  #    # ###### #####
        #      #    # #   #   # #       )     #    # #    # #      #    #
       #  ### ###### #   #   # ######  ) (   #    # #    # ###### #####   .
      #    # #    # #   #   # #        ( _  #    # #    # #      #   #
      ##### #    # #   #   # ######  _  )   ####   ####  ###### #     #
                                      _        _  _ _     _       .   .   .
     .       .     (_((__(_(__(( ( ( |  ) ) ) )_))__))_)___)   .
         .         ((__)        \\||lll|l||///          \_))       .
                  .       . / (  |(||(|)|||//  \     .    .      .      .
    .       .           .   (   /(/ (  )  ) )\          .     .
        .      .    .     (  . ( ( ( | | ) ) )\   )               .
                           (   /(| / ( )) ) ) )) )    .   .  .       .  .  .
    .     .       .  .   (  .  ( ((((_(|)_)))))     )            .
            .  .          (    . ||\(|(|)|/|| . . )        .        .
        .           .   (   .    |(||(||)||||   .    ) .      .         .  .
    .      .      .       (     //|/l|||)|\\ \     )      .      .   .
                        (/ / //  /|//||||\\  \ \  \ _)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


------\
_____  \
     \  \
     |  |
     |  |
     |  |
     |  |
     |  |
  ___|  |_______
 /--------------\
 |              |
 |           .--|
 |           .##|
 |           .##|
 |            --|
 |              |
 \______________/
  #            #


                             _____
                           /   \\  \
                         /       \\  \
                       /           \\  \
                      /              \\   \
                    /                 \\    \
                   /                   \\    \
                  /                     \\    \
                 /                       \\    \
                /                         \\    \
         ^     /                           \\    \     ^
        / \   /                              |    \   / \
       /   \  |                              |    |  /   \
      /_____\ |                              |    | /-----\
     ||||||||||                              |    ||||||||||
     |       ||                ___           |    ||       |
     |       ||              //|||\\         |    ||       |
     |       ||             ///|||\\\        |    ||       |
     |       ||            /---------\       |    ||       |
     |       ||           /    ooo    \      |    ||       |
     |-------||          /             \     |    ||-------|
     |       ||         /   //-----\\   \    |    ||       |
     |       ||         .  //__|-|__\\  .    |    ||       |
     |       ||         | //\/     \/\\ |    |    ||       |
     |       ||         |  --       --  |    |    ||       |
     |       ||         |               |    |    ||       |
     |       ||         |    _     _    |    |    ||       |
     |       ||         |   (_)   (_)   |    |    ||       |
     |       ||         |_______________|    |    ||       |
     |-------||         |       |       |    |    ||-------|
     |       ||        /|       |       |\   |    ||       |
     |       ||       //|       |       |\\  |    ||       |
     |       ||      ///|_______|_______|\\\ |    ||       |
     |       ||     /// |       |       | \\\|    ||       |
     |       ||    ///  |       |       |  \\\    ||       |
     |       ||   ///   |       |       |   \\\   ||       |
     |       ||  ///    |_______|_______|    \\\  ||       |
     |-------|| ///     |       |       |     \\\ ||-------|
     |       ||///      |       |       |      \\\||       |
     |       |///       |       |       |       \\\|       |
     |       ///        |_______|_______|        \\\       |
     |      ///         |       |       |         \\\      |
     |    ///           |       |       |           \\\    |
     |  ///             |       |       |             \\\  |
     |///   U S A       |       |       |     N A S A   \\\|
    ///     [*]==       |---------------|                 \\\
  ///       =====     /       \|||/       \   DISCOVERY     \\\
///         =====    /         |||         \                  \\\
//                             |||                             \\
||__________________|          |||          |__________________||
|||||||||||||||||||||          |||          |||||||||||||||||||||
|        ||         |          |||          |         ||        |
 \_______||_________|          |||          |_________||_______/
     |       |      |          |||          |      |       |
     |-------|       \_________|||_________/       |-------|
     |-------|       /-------/-|||-\-------\       |-------|
     |-------|    //           |||           \\    |-------|
     |---|||-|   /    /    /    |    \    \    \   |-|||---|
     /_______\   /  // /  /   |   |   \  \ \\  \   /_______\
    ***********   / //    \ \  | |  / /      \\ \ ***********
   *************  \ \ |  / \  \ | /  / \  | / /  *************
  ***************  \ \ //  \    |   /   \\ / /  ***************
 *****************  \  /     \ \ / /     \  /  *****************
*******************  \/       \ | /       \/  *******************
******************** ||        \ /        ||  ********************
********************  |        \ /        |   ********************
********************           | |            ********************


     ________________________
    |                        |
    |                        |
    | __----__      __----__ |
    |/      * \    /      * \|
    |          |  |          |
  --|\        /    \        /|--
 /  | --____--      --____-- |  \
| (-|                        |-) |
 \  |.                      .|  /
  --/                        \--
   /                          \
    `--______________________--'
      \_|__|__|__|__|__|_|_/
        `---__      __---'
              )    (
[Even Bart likes the font, and he considers most of 'em to be BUAFs.]


 ___//            ________
/@_ \            / / / _/ \
~ O\ \_         | /_/_/ _//\
  o \  \________/// / //__/'''
     |  \           ___/
      \_ \___________/
        \___    __/
            \  /
            || |
            || |
          _/_/|\_



        /\
       /  \
       \/\/
        ~|
       !~~-!
       |` ,!
       |'` |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
_______|___|_______
\                 /
 \_______________/
   Clinton James


____
From: pir...@cobra.uni.edu

             XXXXXXXXXXX
        XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX         XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX              XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX                   XXXXX
 XXX     _________ _________     XXX      THE
  XX    I  _xxxxx I xxxxx_  I    XX        LOCKER
 ( X----I         I         I----X )           GNOME
( +I    I      00 I 00      I    I+ )
 ( I    I    __0  I  0__    I    I )
  (I    I______ /   \_______I    I)
   I           ( ___ )           I
   I    _  :::::::::::::::  _    i
    \    \___ ::::::::: ___/    /
     \_      \_________/      _/
       \        \___,        /
         \                 /
          |\             /|
          |  \_________/  |


____
From: dcb...@host0.colby.edu (David Berner)

"i did a veronica search on gopher with the keywords
"ascii picture" and came up with a couple of files of
pictures.  my favorite of the stuff i saw was this:"

        ------               _____
       /      \ ___\     ___/    ___
    --/-  ___  /    \/  /  /    /   \
   /     /           \__     //_     \
  /                     \   / ___     |
  |           ___       \/+--/        /
   \__           \       \           /
      \__                 |          /
     \     /____      /  /       |   /
      _____/         ___       \/  /\
           \__      /      /    |    |
         /    \____/   \       /   //
     // / / // / /\    /-_-/\//-__-
      /  /  // /   \__// / / /  //
     //   / /   //   /  // / // /
      /// // / /   /  //  / //
   //   //       //  /  // / /
     / / / / /     /  /    /
  ///  / / /  //  // /  // //
     ///    /    /    / / / /
///  /    // / /  // / / /  /
   // ///   /      /// / /
  /        /    // ///  /


"I've had this one for a long time.  I've forgotten where i got it."

  *********    *****    **
 *************************.*
****** *********** ** *******o
******* ********* **** ****`-
******* ********* *****
 ****** ********** ****
## *****  ***** ##  ****
### *****      ###   ****
#,,, ***,,,    ##,,,  **,,,


____
From: fer...@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
[Probably the best unicorn I've seen so far.]

                              /
                   __       //
                   -\= \=\ //
                 --=_\=---//=--
               -_==/  \/ //\/--
                ==/   /O   O\==--
   _ _ _ _     /_/    \  ]  /--
  /\ ( (- \    /       ] ] ]==-
 (\ _\_\_\-\__/     \  (,_,)--
(\_/                 \     \-
\/      /       (   ( \  ] /)
/      (         \   \_ \./ )
(       \         \      )  \
(       /\_ _ _ _ /---/ /\_  \
 \     / \     / ____/ /   \  \
  (   /   )   / /  /__ )   (  )
  (  )   / __/ '---`       / /
  \  /   \ \             _/ /
  ] ]     )_\_         /__\/
  /_\     ]___\
 (___)


____
From: jer...@rankineColorado.EDU (Boris Jeremic)

     |\____/|
     (      )
     ((@::@))
    _|__\/__|_
     /(~__~)\
      / ^^ \               \|/
    /        \             =#=
   /          \            /|\
  (     /\     )           //
   \   |  |    /           ||
   /\| |  | |/\            //
  /  | |  | |  \         //
 (   | |  | |   )  //====
 _\  | |  | |  /===
(vvv(VVV)(VVV)vvv)



____
From: Nve...@emr1.emr.ca (Normand Veilleux)
"The following heart was posted not too long ago by
jgr...@trumpet.aix.calpoly.edu"

[Reposts a heart from 1.0.  And then posts the following anti-aliased version.
Nice.  Maybe some periods or commas instead of the underlines would be good.]

"Using some smoothing "magic" it was transformed into this:"

      _____           _____
  ,ad8PPPP88b,     ,d88PPPP8ba,
 d8P"      "Y8b, ,d8P"      "Y8b
dP'           "8a8"           `Yd
8(              "              )8
I8                             8I
 Yb,                         ,dP
  "8a,                     ,a8"
    "8a,                 ,a8"
      "Yba             adP"
        `Y8a         a8P'
          `88,     ,88'
            "8b   d8"  Normand
             "8b d8"   Veilleux
              `888'
                "


____
From: zom...@camelot.bradley.edu (Dustin Slater)
[Here's another castle.]

                       _    __    __    __    __    _
                      | |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_|
 __    __    __       |_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___||       __    __    __
|__|  |__|  |__|      |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|__|      |__|  |__|  |__|
|__|__|__|__|__|       \____________________________/       |__|__|__|__|__|
|_|___|___|___||        |_|___|___|___|___|___|___||        |_|___|___|___||
|___|___|___|__|        |___|___|___|___|___|___|__|        |___|___|___|__|
 \_|__|__|___|/          \________________________/          \_|__|__|__|_/
  \__|____|__/            |___|___|___|___|___|__|            \__|__|__|_/
   |||_|_|_||             |_|___|___|___|___|__|_|             |_|_|_|_||
   ||_|_|||_|__    __    _| _  __ |_ __  _ __  _ |_    __    __||_|_|_|_|
   |_|_|_|_||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_|_|_|_||
   ||_|||_|||___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|__||_|_|_|_|
   |_|_|_|_||_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___||_|_|_|_||
   ||_|_|_|_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|__||_|_|_|_|
   |_|||_|_||_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___||_|_|_|_||
   ||_|_|_|_|___|___|___|___|___|_/| | | \__|___|___|___|___|__||_|_|_|_|
   |_|_|_|_||_|___|___|___|___|__/ | | | |\___|___|___|___|___||_|_|_|_||
   ||_|_|_|||___|___|___|___|___|| | | | | |____|___|___|___|__||_|_|_|_|
   |_|_|_|_||_|___|___|___|___|_|| | | | | |__|___|___|___|___||_|_|_|_||
  /___|___|__\__|___|___|___|___|| | | | | |____|___|___|___|_/_|___|__|_\
 |_|_|_|_|_|_||___|___|___|___|_|| | | | | |__|___|___|___|__|_|__|__|__|_|
 ||_|_|_|_|_|_|_|___|___|___|___||_|_|_|_|_|____|___|___|____|___|__|__|__|

Tim <tda...@cus.cam.ac.uk> ASCII art 10 Jun 1994 18:07 · permalink · report
In article <2t8pmi$oa...@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison writes:

|> [I believe this next one is a diamond.]
|>     _________
|>    /|\     /|\
|>   / |  \ /  | \
|>  /__|__/ \__|__\
|> |\  |  | |  |  /|
|> | \ |----|--| / |
|> | /\-\---|---/\ |
|> |/_____|\|_____\|
|>  \  |  \ /  |  /
|>   \ |  / \  | /
|>    \|/     \|/
|>     --------

I think this is meant to be a projection of a tesseract, the 4D equivalent of
the cube.  It consists of 8 cubes, each joined to 6 others by their faces.

A more common, but less symetric projection is:
         _________
      ,' |      //|
    ,____|____/ / |
   |  \  |___|,/  | 
   |   \/____||   |
   |   |    |||   |
   |   |    |||___|
   |   |____||'  /
   |  /     \| ,'
   |/________|/

Tim
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Stephen Joseph Smith <sjs...@cs.umd.edu> ASCII art 12 Jun 1994 02:11 · permalink · report
In article <2taa5h$h9...@gagme.wwa.com> tda...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Tim) writes:
>In article <2t8pmi$oa...@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison writes:
>|> [I believe this next one is a diamond.]
>|>     _________
>|>    /|\     /|\
>|>   / |  \ /  | \
>|>  /__|__/ \__|__\
>|> |\  |  | |  |  /|
>|> | \ |----|--| / |
>|> | /\-\---|---/\ |
>|> |/_____|\|_____\|
>|>  \  |  \ /  |  /
>|>   \ |  / \  | /
>|>    \|/     \|/
>|>     --------
>
>I think this is meant to be a projection of a tesseract, the 4D equivalent of
>the cube.  It consists of 8 cubes, each joined to 6 others by their faces.

It is also known as a hypercube.  It's simpler to think of as 2 cubes, joined
together point by point.


>A more common, but less symetric projection is:
>         _________
>      ,' |      //|
>    ,____|____/ / |
>   |  \  |___|,/  | 
>   |   \/____||   |
>   |   |    |||   |
>   |   |    |||___|
>   |   |____||'  /
>   |  /     \| ,'
>   |/________|/

I like Tim's better than the previous, but it doesn't show all the line
segments.  How about:

     --------
    /|\    /|\
   / | \  / | \
  /  |  \/  |  \
 /---+--/\  |   \
|\   |  \ \ |    \
| \  |  |\ \|     \
|  \ |  | \ |      \
|   \|  |  \|\      \
|    |  |   | \------\
|    |\ |   |\/      /|
|    | \|   |/|     / |
|    |  |   | |\   /  |
|    |  |\ /| | \ /   |
|    |  | |-+-+--|    | Hypercube
|    |--+-+-| |  |    | by Stephen J. J. Smith
|   / \ | |/ \|  |    | 11 June 1994
|  /   \| |   |  |    | when he should have been working
| /     \/|   |\ |    |
|/------/\|   | \|    |
 \      \ |   |  |    |
  \      \|\  |  |\   |
   \      | \ |  | \  |
    \     |\ \|  |  \ |
     \    | \ \--+---\|
      \   |  \/  |   /
       \  |  /\  |  /
        \ | /  \ | /
         \|/    \|/
          --------

- Stephen

Tim <tda...@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>I think this is meant to be a projection of a tesseract, the 4D equivalent of
>the cube.  It consists of 8 cubes, each joined to 6 others by their faces.
>
>A more common, but less symetric projection is:
>         _________
>      ,' |      //|
>    ,____|____/ / |
>   |  \  |___|,/  | 
>   |   \/____||   |
>   |   |    |||   |
>   |   |    |||___|
>   |   |____||'  /
>   |  /     \| ,'
>   |/________|/

one thing I really like about this projection:
in a way, our reality is the eighth cube, where hyperspace is the
other cubes.  thus, our reality is infinite, minus the are of the
other seven hyper-realities.  If you allow the above, extend it to a
general case, any given hyper-space isn't likely to be a regular
hyper-polyhedron.

enough ramblin' speculation for one evening.

cheers,
cb
-- 
Cyberspace Buddha
   c...@bga.com
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