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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 2 Oct 1996.
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alt.ascii-art · 7 messages · 2 Oct 1996 - 26 Jan 1998
P.J.M.Boon <boo...@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl> ASCII art 2 Oct 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
The impossible triangle has always been my favorite.
Piet.
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Night Raven <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 6 Oct 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <boo...@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl>, "P.J.M.Boon"
<boo...@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl> writes
>The impossible triangle has always been my favorite.
>Piet.
>       __
>      / /\           
>     / /  \
>    / / /\ \    
>   / / /\ \ \   
>  / / /  \ \ \      M I N D   T H E   G A P
> / /_/____\ \ \
>/__________\ \ \    P.J.M. Boon
>\_____________\/    boo...@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl

The simple triangle has always been my favorite.

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    /__\

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Hi,

Some time ago I saw here ascii pictures of the impossible triangle
(originally created by Escher).
Has anyone saved these pictures and can send them by email or post them
again??

Thanks,  Uli Bauer

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 23 Jan 1998 00:00 · permalink · report


Ulrich Bauer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Some time ago I saw here ascii pictures of the impossible triangle
> (originally created by Escher).
> Has anyone saved these pictures and can send them by email or post them
> again??
>
> Thanks,  Uli Bauer

Did you have this triangle in mind?
If you did I'm glad I could help but I must say that this
triangle was'nt created by Escher. It was made by Roger Penrose.

                       ____
                      /\   \        Moebius Triangle
                     /  \   \
                    /    \   \
                   /      \   \
                  /   /\   \   \
                 /   /  \   \   \
                /   /    \   \   \
               /   /    / \   \   \
              /   /    /   \   \   \
             /   /    /---------'   \
            /   /    /_______________\
            \  /                     /
             \/_____________________/


(I found this ascii drawing on Michael Naylor's page. There was
 no sig on it so I assume he did the job himself)

Escher used Roger Penrose's triangle to make the following print
called 'Waterval'.
(the amazing ascii rendering is by Veronica Karlsson)

                 _.-"""-._
               .'         `.
              /             \
             |               |
             |               |
             |               |
              \             /                              _.-"""-._
             _.`.         .'.                            .'         `.
            |`-._`-.._..-'_.-|                          /             \
            |  _ `-._ _.-'   |                         |               |
            | | `-._ " _.-'| |                         |               |
            | |    || |    | |                         |               |
            | |    || |    | |                          \             /
            | |    || |    | |                          _`.         .'.
            | |    || |    | |                         |`-.`-.._..-'.-'|
            | |    || |    | |                         |    `-._.-'    |
            | | _.-'| |_   | |                         | |`-._   _.-'| |
            | |'_.-'| |_`-.| |                         | |   || |    | |
           |_.-'    | | `-._ `._|`-._                  | |   || |    | |
          /    /    | |     ``---._  `-._              | |   || |    | |
         | / /    .-' `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._          | |   || |    | |
        || ||  / /|-| |-._     `-._     `--._`-._|`-._ | |   || |    | |
           | |   ' || |\  `-._     `-._      ``---._  `| |   || |    | |
        | - | | |  || | \  | |`-._     `-._|`-._    ``-| |`-.|| |    | |
    _.-'    |   |  || |  \ | |    `-._          `-._   | |-._ | |._  | |
_.-'     |     |   || |   \| |        `-._          `-.| |   `| |_ `-| |
        |    |  |  || |    | |            `-._       _.| |    | | `.-| |
        |   |  ||  || |    | |              _.-'|_.-'_.-'     | |_.-'  |
         | | |  .  || |    | |          _.-' __.---''       _.| '      |
        |   |  ||  || |    | |\_.-'|_.-'_.-''      _.-'|_.-'        _. |
         | |  |    || |    | |'      _-        _.-'             _.-' | |
        ||    ||   || |_.-'| |_.---''      _.-'             _  |     | |
\          | |  |  || |_.-'| |    _.-'|_.-'             _.-'|| |     | |
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   \    ||  |  |   `| |    ```-._`-._|`-._  _.-'        | | || |     | |
   |\_.-|       |      `-._      ``---._  `-._          | | || |     | |
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   |    || ||  |                    `-._     `--._`-._|`| | || |     | |
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         `-.|.-'



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joris bellenger wrote:

To learn more about Roger Penrose:
http://rysy.msm.cam.ac.uk/~msms/penrose.html

a sample from this page:
- Roger and his father are the creators of the famous Penrose staircase
  and the impossible triangle known as the tribar.
  Both of these impossible figures were used in the work of Dutch graphic
  artist Maurits Cornelis Escher to create structures such as a waterfall
  where the water appears to flow uphill and a building with an impossible
  staircase which rises or falls endlessly yet returns to the same level.

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Ojoshiro <ojo...@neroc.nl> ASCII art 26 Jan 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Andy Johnson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:05:31 +0100, joris bellenger
> <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >Ulrich Bauer wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Some time ago I saw here ascii pictures of the impossible triangle
> >> (originally created by Escher).
> >> Has anyone saved these pictures and can send them by email or post them
> >> again??
> >>
> >> Thanks,  Uli Bauer
> >
> >Did you have this triangle in mind?
> >If you did I'm glad I could help but I must say that this
> >triangle was'nt created by Escher. It was made by Roger Penrose.
> >
> >                       ____
> >                      /\   \        Moebius Triangle
> >                     /  \   \
> >                    /    \   \
> >                   /      \   \
> >                  /   /\   \   \
> >                 /   /  \   \   \
> >                /   /    \   \   \
> >               /   /    / \   \   \
> >              /   /    /   \   \   \
> >             /   /    /---------'   \
> >            /   /    /_______________\
> >            \  /                     /
> >             \/_____________________/
> >

Whow, And I thought Moebius only created a drive-belt that laste
twice as long at the original type (It had only one side)
I am not sure  about who created it, I am sure that Esher drew the
best.
( He done more tricks like these, the window below aswell )

Who the H... is Roger Penrose? Has he done more stuff like this?
(Send me some ISBN of a book that contains his work...thanks!)

I posted a Triangle like above last week...I'll include it here
again (For collectors) done in VI (On my little linux)

> >(I found this ascii drawing on Michael Naylor's page. There was
> > no sig on it so I assume he did the job himself)
> >
> >Escher used Roger Penrose's triangle to make the following print
> >called 'Waterval'.
> >(the amazing ascii rendering is by Veronica Karlsson)
> >
> 
> If you like impossible figures, you may like this small one I created.
> (tweaksters, do your worst!)
> 
>   _________
>  |  _____  |\
>  | |\ ___| | \
>  | | |   | | |
>  | | |___| | |
>  \ | |____\| |
>   \|_________|


> --
> Andy Johnson <the~las...@juno.com>
> If you want to e-mail me, replace the ~ with a _

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Andy Johnson <the...@juno.com> ASCII art 26 Jan 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:05:31 +0100, joris bellenger
<svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>
>
>Ulrich Bauer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some time ago I saw here ascii pictures of the impossible triangle
>> (originally created by Escher).
>> Has anyone saved these pictures and can send them by email or post them
>> again??
>>
>> Thanks,  Uli Bauer
>
>Did you have this triangle in mind?
>If you did I'm glad I could help but I must say that this
>triangle was'nt created by Escher. It was made by Roger Penrose.
>
>                       ____
>                      /\   \        Moebius Triangle
>                     /  \   \
>                    /    \   \
>                   /      \   \
>                  /   /\   \   \
>                 /   /  \   \   \
>                /   /    \   \   \
>               /   /    / \   \   \
>              /   /    /   \   \   \
>             /   /    /---------'   \
>            /   /    /_______________\
>            \  /                     /
>             \/_____________________/
>
>
>(I found this ascii drawing on Michael Naylor's page. There was
> no sig on it so I assume he did the job himself)
>
>Escher used Roger Penrose's triangle to make the following print
>called 'Waterval'.
>(the amazing ascii rendering is by Veronica Karlsson)
>

If you like impossible figures, you may like this small one I created.
(tweaksters, do your worst!)

  _________
 |  _____  |\
 | |\ ___| | \
 | | |   | | |
 | | |___| | |
 \ | |____\| |
  \|_________|


--
Andy Johnson <the~las...@juno.com>
If you want to e-mail me, replace the ~ with a _

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