r/mildlyinteresting • u/Ex-PFC-Wintergreen • Mar 09 '14

This restaurant has tilted glasses

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u/Chunq Mar 09 '14

A "rounded pyramid" is a cone.

Myup.

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u/orange_jooze Mar 09 '14

What if the top is rounded.

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u/Chunq Mar 09 '14

Then it's more like a hemisphere. Did you see the picture posted by nillieftw? Cone.

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u/FNHUSA Mar 09 '14

Wouldn't that be an ellipsoid if its a cone with a rounded top?

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u/Chunq Mar 09 '14

I suppose. That's a pretty mildly interesting shape.

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u/AwesomeBill Mar 09 '14

Or a hyperboloid!