at 10.45a EDT on 2004 February 15 Sunday Jan Reichert said:

> Miguel Howard wrote:
> 
> >>>Let's start by agreeing on what a right-handed system is ... then we
> >>>will go from there.
> >>>
> >>take your right hand in front of you and orthogonally spread thumb,
> >>forefinger, mid finger
> >>    
> >
> >That is a good start :-)
> >
> >Next, we need agreement on which finger represents which axis.
> >  
> lets use the ascii order function :-)
> Regards, Jan
> 

this is fun :-)  but which way should my palm be facing - toward me or away?
the more comfortable way is away, but...

assuming each finger points in the positive direction, that puts +X to the
left, and that seems wrong.  but maybe too much Chime exposure?


finding it difficult type with only my left hand,

:tim

-- 
timothy driscoll
molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization
<http://www.molvisions.com/>
usa:north carolina:wake forest


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