Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Mar 1994.
LIN - Knot or Not?
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 21 Mar 1994 - 22 Mar 1994
Escher's not wrong!
Escher's knot, right?
_____________
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Normand `Y8, j8'
Veilleux `Y8, j8'
`Y8b, j8'
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Unpixelated from the GIF of the same knot obtained from
rob...@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu
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,a888"
___ ______ ad88P"
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,88" `Y8, ,88" "Y8) a88" Quality is
I8b, `8b ,88' d8) d88' never an accident.
`Y8P 88.88' ,88' d88' It is always the
(8V8' d8P d88' result of high
(88P (8P d88' intentions, sincere
d88 88' d88' effort, intelligent
,88' ,88 d88' direction and skillful
d8P ]8[ d88' execution. It repres-
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88' `Y8b ,ad8" of many alternatives.
d8P `Y8888Y"
--
Normand Veilleux
nve...@emr1.emr.ca
----------------------------
Here's one of my favorites - a grey scaled knotted doughnut. Looks like
it came from the same source.
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-Matt Ryan,
mbr...@midway.uchicago.edu Curious Of All Natures
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