--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> The point is a horizontal plane through the center; the line is a
> diagonal plane through the center tangential to one edge; the X is
> the vertical cross-section. The "higher" states or planes
intersect
> the cone off-center, above and/or below the center-point: Circle
as
> eccentric horizontal plane, ellipse as an eccentric horizontal
> tilted slightly into diagonal, parabola as an eccentric diagonal
> parallel to an edge, and the hyperbola as an eccentric vertical :-)
>
>
> (a picture is worth a
> > thousand words- are there any images of this available?)
>
> Google on conic sections ("images") :-)
Got it- the googling was instaneously helpful, though I have to say
now that I don't know what all the fuss is about, particularly
visualizing these "higher" states. In all honesty, they look almost
pathetic...
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