SW10: Powernaut 2011 #8: What the HELL is a Pentahedron?

[Scott Eiler]

On 10/7/2012 11:56 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 01:14:37 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> - snort -
>>
>> http://www.eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/2011.htm#8
>>
>> Judging from Facebook reaction, the comic strip debut of Leo the Pirate
>> Vampire King is easily the most popular Powernaut episode ever.  I won't
>> predict popularity, but I think Powernaut comics will be entirely as
>> enjoyable going forward.
>
> Wow. Leo is now a puppy. <3

Yeah, I know he looks a lot like a doggie in this strip.  But when I 
think about it, that's an entirely appropriate look for a vampire pirate 
on a state visit.  I figure he trims his whiskers on such occasions.

>> - What's a Pentahedron really look like up close? It's actually a
>> hyper-tetrahedron, a four-dimensional solid with triangular surfaces.
>> (2005/pentahedron.htm) When you look it it, it looks like a pyramid with
>> four shiny pyramid shadows that make your vision of everything else go
>> blurry. If you blur your vision of the Pentahedron just right, it looks
>> like a pentagram.
>
> Ooooooo.

And when I think of it, it's entirely appropriate that Wyatt should 
instruct humanity in the viewing of Pentahedrons...  If I ever get to 
Powernaut 1969, I'll be packing quite a lot in.


-- 
(signed) Scott Eiler  8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------

Let's take a look, if you will, at the Second Amendment of the
Constitution, which protects every American's right to shoot another
American.  This cherished constitutional right to shoot people and make
them dead is currently recognized in all fifty states, most recently
Florida.

- The Borowitz Report
(http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/03/29/an-argument-against-healthcare/),
March 2012.