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Subject:	Re: On the recursive subdivision of two-dimensional food items
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:40:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Todd Lehman wrote:

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Subdivide A into two equal portions B and C.

Second, that new piece of food is at least twice the size of the piece you just ate!

It may be sound in theory, but I think you need to recheck your math a bit...

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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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