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The Perfect Way To Slice a Pizza 282

iamapizza writes "New Scientist reports on the quest of two math boffins for the perfect way to slice a pizza. It's an interesting and in-depth article; 'The problem that bothered them was this. Suppose the harried waiter cuts the pizza off-center, but with all the edge-to-edge cuts crossing at a single point, and with the same angle between adjacent cuts. The off-center cuts mean the slices will not all be the same size, so if two people take turns to take neighboring slices, will they get equal shares by the time they have gone right round the pizza — and if not, who will get more?' This is useful, of course, if you're familiar with the concept of 'sharing' a pizza."

Comment Re:passphrase (Score 1) 895

Probably the best approach. You could suggest a passphrase or two from some joke or story or nonsense remark you share with your sister, that the parents don't know about, even something that used to make her mad when you said it. Then, if she didn't want you to know the passphrase, she could pick something similar from some interaction with a different friend, imaginary or real. It might even contain some punctuation. She won't have any trouble remembering something like this.

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