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Re: On the recursive subdivision of two-dimensional food items
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Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:45:11 GMT
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On 02:13 16-08-04, Todd Lehman wrote
Last night at IHOP, after copious amounts of beer at Rocklands, a few of
us were
talking about how we cut our food up into differently-sized portions
during the
eating process, and I realized that an algorithm exists for maximizing the
total
enjoyment of a given serving of food...
<MUCH GEEKAGE SNIPPED>

glasses because subdividing a body of liquid is not only time consuming
but messy.  This algorithm lends itself well to two-dimensional food items
cut with the side of a fork because you are making cuts there anyway.


Me thinks someone was over thinking this a bit too much....

excellent geek analysis...
Note that this algorithm doesn't apply well to liquids in bottles or



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  Re: On the recursive subdivision of two-dimensional food items
 
(...) Well let's just say it was a thinking and reflecting kind of evening. --Todd (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: On the recursive subdivision of two-dimensional food items
 
(...) The easiest way to divide up a bottle of liquid would be to use the spirit measure, though this is not recursive: Repeat Attach measure to bottle Repeat pour drink drink Until bottle empty Seek another bottle Until too drunk to lift glass not (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  On the recursive subdivision of two-dimensional food items
 
Last night at IHOP, after copious amounts of beer at Rocklands, a few of us were talking about how we cut our food up into differently-sized portions during the eating process, and I realized that an algorithm exists for maximizing the total (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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