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Post by J. »

Ah, that makes me feel better. I gotta learn not to take everything I read on the boards so seriously.

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On 2002-03-06 22:16, Rumy-chan wrote:
Okay, and one last thing ... is it just me, or does the General's ship look like one of those 3D optical illusion flipping-cubes? I don't know if that was noticeable before, but it is now, at least to me. I keep seeing it fold and unfold in my mind ...
It's a ....

<B>THIRTY SIDED DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!</B>

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Don't think so. Mine's made up entirely of quite skinny diamonds, while the ship seems to be mostly squares.

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On 2002-03-10 08:50, Vitriol wrote:
Don't think so. Mine's made up entirely of quite skinny diamonds, while the ship seems to be mostly squares.
Funny - from my POV, it's made up of diamonds.

someone get us a big-name to qualify this! I am right, dammit!!

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Post by Vitriol »

I think that's just the perspective.

I can't find a position where I can see less than 8 sides on my die, and putting it in the same poosition as the comic shows 10.

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Post by J. »

I'm not good at math at all, but I believe that's a rhombic dodecahedron with uneven sides... 12 faces, 14 vertices, 24 edges...

Correct me if I'm wrong, by all means.

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