The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThere are two kinds of people.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoRight, that’s what I said: if Z in the top image were pointing the opposite direction (i.e. if it followed the right hand rule), it would be the same as the bottom image. Rotation is irrelevant; only handedness matters.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoOh I’m so sorry, I misunderstood you completely; now that I reread it, I see I have been a dufus!
minus-squaret0fr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI think the comic is trying to illustrate the difference between people who consider Y to be the vertical axis or z to be the vertical axis. I think the right hand rule vs left hand rules coordinate systems was a mistake.
Right, that’s what I said: if Z in the top image were pointing the opposite direction (i.e. if it followed the right hand rule), it would be the same as the bottom image. Rotation is irrelevant; only handedness matters.
Oh I’m so sorry, I misunderstood you completely; now that I reread it, I see I have been a dufus!
I think the comic is trying to illustrate the difference between people who consider Y to be the vertical axis or z to be the vertical axis.
I think the right hand rule vs left hand rules coordinate systems was a mistake.