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6 Oct 2024 05:52:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Oh Gear Lord  
From: clipka
Date: 24 May 2014 13:29:16
Message: <5380d6ec$1@news.povray.org>
Am 20.05.2014 22:36, schrieb Eriban:
> Thanks for all your comments. Please find my replies below.
>
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> That is nice. I've not seen that one before.
>> :-D
>
> It's indeed far less common than the impossible triangle for example. However,
> this illusion is not the first of its kind. See for example
> http://im-possible.info/english/art/computer/ausbourne.html or
> http://impossible-world.blogspot.nl/2014/03/impossible-cog-wheels.html. The
> drawings on the latter page actually inspired this one.

I think your version tops it though.

>> The gear could be the next General Motors' or any steel/mechanic-related
>> company.
>
> It's a question though whether it then represents excellence, or shoddy
> craftsmenship ;-)

Flexibility. It obviously represents the amalgamation of excellence and 
flexibility.

> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> You truly are a 3D Escherian. Very well done indeed. And beautiful too.
>
> Thanks. This is indeed becoming my ray-tracing specialty. The only thing I can
> do reasonably well. Ah well, better that than doing many things poorly I
> guess...

"reasonably well"? You must be an Englishman, as that's typical English 
understatement.


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