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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 18, 2003, 01:55:40 pm
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Look at this:
(http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/lego_ascending.jpg)
AARRRRGGHHH!
:shaking:
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It's twisted near the top-left corner of the stairs.
Still pretty ****ing cool.
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I can`t see the join myself but I know it much be there :) Pretty cool though.
In case you are wondering where you have seen this before here's the original
(http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery//jpgs/P19L.jpg)
By the wonderful M.C. Escher (http://www.worldofescher.com/)
I`m off to spend far too much time looking at the pictures on that site :)
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I built a castle like that once.. was pretty cool until I crashed one of my jet planes into it ;7
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You think that's cool? Some guy built a lego segway in one night! :D Worked the first time too. (He was on TSS the other night showing em off.)
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you mean that wierdo thingy where you lean on it and it "go"s?
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
you mean that wierdo thingy where you lean on it and it "go"s?
No, a segway is just a fancy electric scooter.
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Those Escher paintings are great. :nod: Very nice Lego rendition there too; did you make that?
btw here's what I am working on at the moment: :D
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/procyon/misc/image1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28530
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Ow, ow, OW
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OOOOOOh!
Nicely built!
But...still can't figure out exactly how to do it...meh
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Wow, nice work CP5670!
To see the secret of the Escher model: take a careful look at the top left corner, on the inside of the square. You'll see that the studs suddenly go from large to small, and that's where the join is. :)
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Look at this:
(http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/lego_ascending.jpg)
AARRRRGGHHH!
:shaking:
Where did you get all those lego guys? I mean, I have more than that, and you probably do too, but where did you find all the same ones?
Cool castle, and the weird little stair trick is awesome. :yes:
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By buying lots of the same sets over and over. ;)
But that's not his creation. Look at the URL of the picture. :)
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*Checks the URL*
****** slaps himself*
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Awesomeness. :yes:
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ah yes, escher. his stuff is mad cool. Ever seen the one of the water flowing uphilll? It goes down the waterfall and then through a waterwheel, uphill, and refills the source. lemme see if I can find it...
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aha!!!
(http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/jpgs/P14L.jpg)
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how...the...hell...do...you...do...that...with...LEGOS?!?!
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It's not just the LEGOs - it's also the clever positioning of the camera as you capture a 2D representation of the 3D sculpture. Take a close look at the upper left corner of the stairway. :)
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I'm still not seeing it...
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Meh...
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/ascending.html
Anyway, more LEGO fun...
(http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/lego_belvedere.jpg)
:D
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at least that one isn't too hard to figure out...still looks really weird on first glance tho...
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Glue
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that's really neat :D
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That one is quite nice too; it's remarkable that those bent beams are able to hold the top up. :yes: I'm just wondering how he got the technic pieces to bend that much (the ones used in the cube thing the guy is holding); I probably could not do that even if I wanted to... :wtf:
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Pliers, apparently. And it's not the bent beams that hold the thing up, it's hidden support pillars. Check out the base URL...
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/belvedere.html
And the first one again, for good measure...
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/ascending.html
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LONG LIVE LEGO!
And please, stop saying "Legos". Lego is a collective noun, like sheep or fish. The plural and the singular are both Lego.
Have you seen those others, like the Klein Bottle, and the mathematical surfaces? these people have too much time on their hands.
Which brings me to: this thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,7607.0.html)
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If you want to nitpick, LEGO is a registered trademark and shouldn't be a noun at all when referring to the toy. It should be an adjective - LEGO bricks. But that's being pedantic. It depends on the person - different people use the term in different ways.
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Originally posted by Goober5000
It should be an adjective - LEGO bricks. But that's being pedantic.
No, thsi si being pedantic.
They're not just bricks, there are all sorts of different components. So it should be LEGO Components.
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eh, that was an example. LEGO bricks, LEGO axles, LEGO figures, LEGO components.
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Ah, only now do you say it was an example.
anyway, don't mind my occasiional ravings about people's poor grammar, it's the influence of five years of fanatical English teachers.
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It was not poor grammar. It was implicit - and you're allowed to do that, in English or in any language.
An example of implicitness in English grammar is "that" - "I drank the Coke I bought today" vs. "I drank the Coke that I bought today".
I know what you mean about harping after people's grammar though - that gets on my nerves sometimes too. :)
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Originally posted by Goober5000
If you want to nitpick, LEGO is a registered trademark and shouldn't be a noun at all when referring to the toy. It should be an adjective - LEGO bricks. But that's being pedantic. It depends on the person - different people use the term in different ways.
You are crazy. They'll always be called legos. Always have been. It's a kid thing and won't be changed. NEVER I TELL YOU!!!
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As I said, that's to nitpick. :) I still call them Legos or LEGOs. :D
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Petrarch, Goober - kindly do shut up. :nod: They're the LEGO brand - it says so on the LEGO website.
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
AARRRRGGHHH!
:shaking:
I agree... :shaking:
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Petrarch, Goober - kindly do shut up.
:Bentusi voice: We shall not be BOUND!
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I have seen this same argument come up a couple of times on Lugnet; the general consensus there seems to be that they should be called "Lego bricks" since Lego is usually used for The Lego Group, which is the company. I just say either Lego pieces or Lego elements.
Petrarch, Goober - kindly do shut up. :nod:
this statement somehow really made me laugh... :D
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Originally posted by Corsair
aha!!!
(http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/jpgs/P14L.jpg)
ever played diablo2? there's a whole level like that, very funky :)
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Originally posted by venom2506
ever played diablo2? there's a whole level like that, very funky :)
nope...
but how can you play on a level like that if the whole thing is just an illusion? That's...that's..that's....SO FRIGGIN WIERD! Gonna drive me crazy...:shaking:
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go get D2...the Arcane Sanctuary is awesome :D