Re: Fabulous Adventures In Coding (Eric Lippert)

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From: Richard Cornford (Richard_at_litotes.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:48:59 -0000

"Al Dunbar [MS-MVP]" <alan-no-drub-spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>But seriously, now, can Eric tell us why things seen in a
>mirror are reversed side-to-side but not top-to-bottom?

Objects observed in mirrors are not reversed side to side they are
reversed front to back. That is, assuming a vertical mirror with its
plane running east to west, the most northerly part of a reflected
object becomes the apparently most southerly part of the reflection of
the object. No other transformations take place.

Richard.

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