On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:07:17 -0500, krw wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:29:55 -0500, krw wrote:

In article .com,
says...
krw wrote:
- It's not an x-axis reversal, rather a z-axis (front to back)
reversal.

Wait - I'm confused. If I have my back to the mirror how could I see my
front?

Certainly the mirror can'd "see" your backside, but it *is*
reversing what it can, front to back.

But NOT left to right. THAT reversal is only verbal, in the user's
mind.

Yep. It's a z-axis transformation. What the mind does with the
information is another thing.

Ever looked in a corner
mirror?


I suppose you mean one of those that's diagonally mounted in a corner,
and so wastes a lot of space. Are you looking in it straight, or at
some angle?

No, two mirrors 90 degrees to each other (see also: "corner
reflector"). Look at them at 45 degrees.

BTW, I wouldn't expect top-posters to "get it".


Posting location has NOTHING to do with intelligence, or any other
relevant quality.

Intelligent people, at least in the West, read from top to bottom.

True. but irrelevant.

Conversations between intelligent people go forward in time.

True, but irrelevant.

Answers come after questions, etc.

True, but irrelevant.

Don't ignore the difference between a usenet POST and a usenet THREAD.
That is important. When reading a post in a thread, the reader has
ALREDAY been exposed to the quoted material, the response (at whatever
location in that post) is read AFTER that other stuff.

Things (claiming to demonstrate the error of top-posting) like this:

13.
What is 1 greater than 12?

ignore the actual sequence these lines are posted in. For that, you
have at least TWO messages. The first:

What is 1 greater than 12?

And the second:

13
What is 1 greater than 12?

The lines are seen in the intended order (question first). The
position of "13" in the later post DOESN'T CHANGE THE ORDER because
you have ALREADY been exposed to the question.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov