Hmmmmm pie
November 3, 2005 6:06 AM Subscribe
VERY GOOD! You finished the pie in 16 bites. You tied with the previous champion. Can you beat the record?
Nah, I'm all full up of pie.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:18 AM on November 3, 2005
Nah, I'm all full up of pie.
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:18 AM on November 3, 2005
crap - the edges (crust) kill you ... I'm up to 30 bites after 5 tries and still can't do it.
posted by terrier319 at 6:20 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by terrier319 at 6:20 AM on November 3, 2005
Sixteen here, too. If only I could dislocate my jaw..
posted by Plutor at 6:21 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by Plutor at 6:21 AM on November 3, 2005
17 on my first try... nothing better since. Harumph!
posted by antifuse at 6:24 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by antifuse at 6:24 AM on November 3, 2005
I got 15 on this once, but only once. Now, I can't figure it out.
You can get away with leaving some stray pixel "crumbs" behind, as I remember.
posted by Hlewagast at 6:37 AM on November 3, 2005
You can get away with leaving some stray pixel "crumbs" behind, as I remember.
posted by Hlewagast at 6:37 AM on November 3, 2005
17 on the first try, 16 on the second. I can't do any better than 16.
posted by riffola at 6:40 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by riffola at 6:40 AM on November 3, 2005
18, then 16. Any mathematicians care to explain how to do better?
posted by senor biggles at 6:41 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by senor biggles at 6:41 AM on November 3, 2005
Why do java applets stop at the firewall whereas flash programs work just fine? (rhetorical question, more to do with the particular firewall I guess)
But it seems like for all Java's power and promise, Flash delivers a more user-friendly experience. Additionally, I think the only browser to support Java 5 is Internet Explorer. Flash just works.
posted by nervousfritz at 6:46 AM on November 3, 2005
But it seems like for all Java's power and promise, Flash delivers a more user-friendly experience. Additionally, I think the only browser to support Java 5 is Internet Explorer. Flash just works.
posted by nervousfritz at 6:46 AM on November 3, 2005
I've never been able to do it in less than 16. I think 15 is a false ceiling, especially so for "less than 15".
posted by loquacious at 6:46 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by loquacious at 6:46 AM on November 3, 2005
I get 15 repeatably by making a horizontal figure 8 in the center of the pie with little overlap. I can then eat my way around the edge, clockwise from about 1 o'clock. The third piece is the tricky one.
posted by springload at 7:04 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by springload at 7:04 AM on November 3, 2005
This game cheats. My count went from 14 to 16. LIAR!!!
posted by piratebowling at 7:28 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by piratebowling at 7:28 AM on November 3, 2005
1.
That’s right, 1 bite.
‘cause fater that, my stomach’s no longer empty.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:25 AM on November 3, 2005
That’s right, 1 bite.
‘cause fater that, my stomach’s no longer empty.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:25 AM on November 3, 2005
15. Barely any crumbs.
posted by maledictory at 9:21 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by maledictory at 9:21 AM on November 3, 2005
Burp...(!) heres how to do it in 15.
Make a bite on the edge of about 75% into the pie and then leaving a space equal to the possible diameter of the bite before taking another 75% bite. The trick here is to take 1 or 2 x 100% bites as well - this pushes you from 16 to 15 at the end.
Cycle around once, then do another cycle for whats left over - then finish off the center carefully.
If you are too greedy and bite too deep at every bite in the first cycle then the remaining pie gaps are too wide for the bites in the second cycle.
Got the funny feeling i was looking at capitalism in action while playing this....eat all your resources constantly at full capacity, without thinking of the next bite in relationship to the whole picture, and you'll never get all the pie.
Selective waste in the name of progress is 'more' rather than 'less' - interesting...
posted by rawfishy at 9:23 AM on November 3, 2005
Make a bite on the edge of about 75% into the pie and then leaving a space equal to the possible diameter of the bite before taking another 75% bite. The trick here is to take 1 or 2 x 100% bites as well - this pushes you from 16 to 15 at the end.
Cycle around once, then do another cycle for whats left over - then finish off the center carefully.
If you are too greedy and bite too deep at every bite in the first cycle then the remaining pie gaps are too wide for the bites in the second cycle.
Got the funny feeling i was looking at capitalism in action while playing this....eat all your resources constantly at full capacity, without thinking of the next bite in relationship to the whole picture, and you'll never get all the pie.
Selective waste in the name of progress is 'more' rather than 'less' - interesting...
posted by rawfishy at 9:23 AM on November 3, 2005
26 ... 17 ... 17 ... I'm full.
posted by StarForce5 at 9:31 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by StarForce5 at 9:31 AM on November 3, 2005
16 on my first try, confirming that you can leave stray crumbs.
posted by Darke at 9:54 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by Darke at 9:54 AM on November 3, 2005
...eat all your resources constantly at full capacity, without thinking of the next bite in relationship to the whole picture, and you'll never get all the pie.
The mathematician's phrase (IAAM) is "The greedy algorithm fails."
17 first try, then 15. My line of reasoning first time was "Let's worry about the crust" and placed all the bites around the outside, in such a way that the points of intersection of the two circles (pie and bite) were actually opposite one another on the bite. That maximizes the around of crust bitten.
However, the crust length is not an integer multiple of the amount bitten this way, as it turns out; it's 9+something. So one should bite slightly less crust and more pie, in such a way that once one makes it fully around the outside, it takes exactly 10 bites. After that it's pretty easy.
posted by Aknaton at 9:57 AM on November 3, 2005
The mathematician's phrase (IAAM) is "The greedy algorithm fails."
17 first try, then 15. My line of reasoning first time was "Let's worry about the crust" and placed all the bites around the outside, in such a way that the points of intersection of the two circles (pie and bite) were actually opposite one another on the bite. That maximizes the around of crust bitten.
However, the crust length is not an integer multiple of the amount bitten this way, as it turns out; it's 9+something. So one should bite slightly less crust and more pie, in such a way that once one makes it fully around the outside, it takes exactly 10 bites. After that it's pretty easy.
posted by Aknaton at 9:57 AM on November 3, 2005
Let them eat cake.
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:10 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:10 AM on November 3, 2005
15, first try. If you go the crust-first route, you have to minimize overlap while maximizing inner area. The further out you place the circle, the wider area you eat, (until you reach the diameter) but the less inner area you eat. Try placing the circle about 2/3rds over the edge and you'll see what I mean.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 10:10 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 10:10 AM on November 3, 2005
After rawfishy's comment, I did in 15 fairly easily. I think there's a slightly easier way, though. First, take a bite on the crust with about 75% of the circle inside the pie. Then take another bite right next to that on the crust, but make the crust edges touch a diameter of the bite circle (maximizing the amount of crust edge consumed). Alternate these bites around the crust edge. At that point, the interior can be finished off with the remaining bites.
posted by bjrubble at 10:39 AM on November 3, 2005
posted by bjrubble at 10:39 AM on November 3, 2005
Yep, 15 takes a bit of tries, but here's the easy way.
Each bite is 10.4% of the pie. You have 15 bites, that obviously must average 6.66% each.
Just make sure that you always fill at least 64.1% of the circle with each bite, and you can't lose. Easy as pie!
posted by mrgrimm at 11:09 AM on November 3, 2005
Each bite is 10.4% of the pie. You have 15 bites, that obviously must average 6.66% each.
Just make sure that you always fill at least 64.1% of the circle with each bite, and you can't lose. Easy as pie!
posted by mrgrimm at 11:09 AM on November 3, 2005
Nifty.
I was, um, doing something else with the pie though....but I did it 15 times!
posted by Smedleyman at 2:56 PM on November 3, 2005
I was, um, doing something else with the pie though....but I did it 15 times!
posted by Smedleyman at 2:56 PM on November 3, 2005
The easy way - start with a bite that has the inner edge of the circle exactly in the middle of the pie. Now take another bite, mirror image. Makes a figure 8. Now take two more bites on the sides to turn it into a four-leafed clover in the middle of the pie. Now go around the edge, keeping each bite as far away from the center of the pie as you can. 15 bites, no crumbs.
posted by JParker at 10:49 PM on November 3, 2005
posted by JParker at 10:49 PM on November 3, 2005
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