Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 May 1997.
Impossible shape.
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 23 May 1997 - 6 Jun 1997
Correction,
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/ \ \
/ \ \
/ \ \
/ \ \
/ / \ \ \
/ / \ \ \
/ / /\ \ \
/ / / \ \ \
/ / /-------- \
/ / / \
/ / /________________\
\ / /
\/_____________________/
--
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Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.
-- W. C. Fields, "My Little Chickadee"
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In article <5m4997$j6...@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>, MTC CHILDS <mch...@bnr.ca> writes: > ..... > / \ \ > / \ \ > / / \ \ > / / \ \ > / / \ \ \ > / / \ \ \ > / / /\ \ \ > / / / \ \ \ > / / /------------\ > \ / / / > \/____/_____________/ Like this, you mean? __ ____________ / /\ /\ _________\ / / \ Dave Bird<Dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> \ \ \___ __ / / / /\ \ \ \ \ / / / / / /\ \ \ St Hippo of Augustine (CoSG) \ \ \/ / / / /_/__\ \ \ \ \/ / / /________\ \ \ www.xemu.demon.co.uk/index.html \ / / \___________\/ \/_/
--
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Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.
-- W. C. Fields, "My Little Chickadee"
======================================================================
Correction,
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/ \ \
/ \ \
/ \ \
/ \ \
/ / \ \ \
/ / \ \ \
/ / /\ \ \
/ / / \ \ \
/ / /-------- \
/ / / \
/ / /________________\
\ / /
\/_____________________/
--
======================================================================
Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.
-- W. C. Fields, "My Little Chickadee"
======================================================================
In article <5m4997$j6...@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>, MTC CHILDS <mch...@bnr.ca> waffles on > ____ > / \ \ > / \ \ > / / \ \ > / / \ \ > / / \ \ \ > / / \ \ \ > / / /\ \ \ > / / / \ \ \ > / / /------------\ > \ / / / > \/____/_____________/ > >-- > > >====================================================================== >Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were >forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. > -- W. C. Fields, "My Little Chickadee" >====================================================================== ======================================================================== ====== _____ / /\ / / \ / / \ / / /\ \ / / / \ \ / / /\ \ \ / / / \ \ \ / /__/____\ \ \ / \ \ \ /________________\ \ \ \_____________________\ / PH ======================================================================== ======= _______________ / / /| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /_______/ / / | | / / | | / / | |/ / |--------| / | | / | | / |________|/ PH ======================================================================== ======= / \ / \ / \ |\ /| / \ | \ / | / \ | \ / | / \ | | |/ / | | | | / | | | | / | | | | / | | | | / | | | |/ /| | / \ | / / | | / \ | / / | | / \|/ | | | / / | | | / / | | | / / | | | / / /| | | | |\ / / | | | | | \ / / | | | | | \ / / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /| | | | | | | / | | | | | | | / | | | | | | | / | | | | | | |\ \ \ | /| | |\ | / \ \ \ | / | | | \ | / \ \ \|/ | | | \|/ / \ | | | / \ | | | / \ \ | / / \ \ | / / \ \ | / / \ \|/ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / PH ======================================================================== ======== / \ / \ / \ / \ / / \ |\ / \ / \ \ / \ / \ \ |\ \ / \ / \ \| \ / \ / \| \ / \ / \ / /| \ / \ \ |\ / | / \ / \ /| / \ \ / |/ \ \ / | / \ \ / / \ /| / | / \ \ / / \ / |/ | / \| / /| / | | |\ /| / / |/ | | | \ / / \ / | | | | \ / / \ / | | | | \ / / \ / | | | | |/ \ / | | | | |\ /|/ | | | | | \ / | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |\ | / | | | | | \ | / | | | | | \ | / \ | / | | | \|/ \ | / | | | \ | / | | | \|/ | | | | | / | | / | | / \ | / \ | / \ | / \|/ PH ======================================================================== ======== ______________________________ 0___________________________ | __________________________/| | 0__________________________l| | ______________________________| 0_____________________________/ ======================================================================== ====== / \ / \ / \ |\ \ | \ \ | \ \ | \ \ |\ \ \ | \ \ \ | \ \ \ | |\ \ \ | | \ \ \ | | \ \ / \ | | |\ \ / \ | | | \ \ / \ | | | \ |\ /| | | | \ | \ / | | | | \ | \ / | | | | \| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / \ | /| | | | / \ | / | | | | / \|/ | | | | / / | | | | / / / | | |/ / / | | | / / | | | / / | | | / / | | | / / | | | / / | | |/ / | | | / | | | / | | | / | | |/ \ | / \ | / \|/ PH ======================================================================== ======= _____________________________ 0__________________________ |\ __________________________| | | 0__________________________| | | _____________________________| | 0______________________________\| PH ======================================================================== ======= __________________________ / _____________________ /| / / ___________________/ / | / / /| | / / | / / / | | / / . | / / /| | | / / /| | / / / | | | / / / | | / / / | | | / / /| | | / /_/___| | |__________/ / / | | | /________| | |___________/ / | | | | _______| | |__________ | | | | | | | | | | |_________| | |__| | | | | | | |___________| | |____| | | | | / / ___________| | |_ / / | | | / / / | | |/ / / | | | / / / | | | / / | | |/ / / | | |/ / | | | / / | | ' / | | |/_/_______________| | / | |____________________| | / |________________________|/ ======================================================================== ===== ____ /.../\ /.../##\ /.../####\ /.../######\ /.../###/\###\ /.../###/ \###\ /.../###/\ \###\ /.../###/ \ \###\ /.../###/ \ \###\ /.../###/ \ \###\ /.../###/ \ \###\ /.../###/ \ \###\ /.../###/ \ \###\ /.../###/______________\ \###\ /........................\ \###\ /..........................\ \###\ ----------------------------- \###/ \ \#/ \_________________________________/ ======================================================================== ==== _________ _________ _________ |\_______\ |_______| /_______/| | | _____ | | _____ | | _____ | | - a poor attempt at | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | a 3d picture. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Unfocus your eyes, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | you probably still | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | won't get it | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ PH ======================================================================== ===== Clara Fitzgerald uses in her sig a variation on Escher's famous fork: _________________________ /______________________ | | _________________ /| | | | |_______________|_| | | |/______________________| |__________________________/ Here is a larger version of that variation: ,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaa d' 8 ,P' 8 ,dbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 8 8 d"8 8 8 d' 8 8 8 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad' 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ,8aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa8aaa8 8 8 8 ,P 8 8 8,P 8 8 8baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ad' 8 d' 8 d' 8aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaP' Normand Veilleux And here is a variation on one of PH's diagrams: ,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ,d" ,d"8 ,d" ,d" 8 ,d" ,aaaaaaaaaaa ,d" 8 ,d" ,d"8 ,d" ,d" 8 ,d" ,d" 8 ,d" ,d" ,8 ,d" ,d" 8 ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" 8,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,8" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,d" ,PaaaaaaaaaaP ,d" ,d" ,d" 8 8 ,d" ,d" ,d" 8 8 ,d" ,d" ,d" 8 8 ,d" ,d" ,d" 8 8,d" ,d" ,d" 8aaaaaaaaaa8P ,d" ,d" 8 8 ,d" ,d" 8 8 ,d" ,d" Normand 8 8 ,d" ,d" Veilleux 8 8,d" ,d" 8aaaaaaaaaa8P ,d" 8 8 ,d" 8 8 ,d" 8 8 ,d" 8 8,d" 8aaaaaaaaaa8P -- Normand Veilleux nve...@emr1.emr.ca ======================================================================== = Here are two I made. The first used to be my sig. __ ___________ |\G\ |\ ________\ | \r\ | \ \_____ | | \e\ \S\ \ | |d| Life is like a grapefruit: | \a\ \t\ \ | |a| it's sort of orangy-yellow | |\ \t\ \e\ \| | | and dimpled on the outside, | | \ \i\ \p\ | |S| wet and squidgy in the middle. | |f|\ \n\ \h\| |i| It's got pips inside too... | |r| \ \g\ \a| |l| Oh, and some people have half | |o|__\_\s\ \n |v| a one for breakfast. | |m|_______\ \ |a| \|_________| \|_| ____________ |\ _________\ | \ \_______ | | \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | | |\ \ \ | | | | | \ \ \ | | | | | |\ \ \| | | | | | \ \ | | | | | |__\_\| | | | | |_______| | \|___________| Sil...@STPC.WI.LeidenUniv.NL || SdS...@STHP.WI.LeidenUniv.NL ======================================================================= PHEW !!!====== -- Salesman's Warcraft 2 Page www.g-grids.demon.co.uk
Under normal circumstances I'd agree, but in this case I don't believe the
shape guy was talking about was an original ascii creation, he may have
ascii-fied it, but I'm sure it's an old optical illusion. Maybe in this
case an "Inspired by" might be appropriate if you REALLY feel you need to
give credit?
-Nana
On 5 Jun 1997, Spunk1111 wrote:
> >I liked this shape so much that I reduced it to use in my sig file.
> >Even though the shading was lost in the reduction, I like it.
> >I'm a newcomer to this forum. Please tell me, should I put someone's
> >initials on the shape in my sig file or can I just use it as is?
>
> It depends on whether or not you created it. If you didn't, you ought to
> give
> credit where credit is due... if you know who did make it.
> That is the polite way to do it.
> -joan
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