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Old 12-18-2007, 03:24 PM   #17
Clodfobble
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glatt - the lines don't work because they're not 2-D. Our brain wants the towers to be converging because we see they are getting smaller towards the top, and thus must be going "away" from us. The lines aren't getting skinnier so they must be "flat." That's why LJ's quadrilaterals that get smaller towards the top produce the illusion, but plain lines don't.
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