This thread is completely pointless.

[Fairy]

It is very important that you respond with completely pointless responses.

[accelafine]

Salmon is really nice with poached egg. I've just discovered that.

[Iwannaplato]

It is very important that you respond with completely pointless responses.

Anagram for the above: "Hypothetical responses respond with testy, primly nonsensical pities."

Anagram for the thread title, This thread is pointless:

"Helplessly plot this, discontent is art."

I have found that anagrams are the key to all knowledge. Aum!

[Fairy]

Salmon is really nice with poached egg. I've just discovered that.

[Impenitent]

dunces never wear the correct caps

-Imp

[Walker]

[henry quirk]

ramen

[Iwannaplato]

ramen

I'm sorry but that's way too rational.

[henry quirk]

ramen

I'm sorry but that's way too rational.

duct tape (silver, not black)

[Iwannaplato]

ramen

I'm sorry but that's way too rational.

duct tape (silver, not black)

"Attractive bundle, pockets left."

[henry quirk]

I'm sorry but that's way too rational.

duct tape (silver, not black)

"Attractive bundle, pockets left."

But, her scoliosis burns!

[Iwannaplato]

duct tape (silver, not black)

"Attractive bundle, pockets left."

But, her scoliosis burns!

"Ribs crush, loosen its blur."

[henry quirk]

"Attractive bundle, pockets left."

But, her scoliosis burns!

"Ribs crush, loosen its blur."

tiny numbers eat cheese (on fluxday)

[Iwannaplato]

tiny numbers eat cheese (on fluxday)

Mice Problem

In the mice problem, n mice start at the corners of a regular n-gon of unit side length, each heading towards its closest neighboring mouse in a counterclockwise direction at constant speed. The mice each trace out a logarithmic spiral, meet in the center of the polygon, and travel a distance

d_n=1/(1-cos((2pi)/n)).
The first few values for n=2, 3, ..., are

1/2,2/3,1,1/5(5+sqrt(5)),2,1/(1-cos((2pi)/7)),
2+sqrt(2),1/(1-cos((2pi)/9)),3+sqrt(5),...,
giving the numerical values 0.5, 0.666667, 1, 1.44721, 2, 2.65597, 3.41421, 4.27432, 5.23607, .... The curve formed by connecting the mice at regular intervals of time is an attractive figure called a whirl.

The problem is also variously known as the (three, four, etc.) (bug, dog, etc.) problem. It can be generalized to irregular polygons and mice traveling at differing speeds (Bernhart 1959). Miller (1871) considered three mice in general positions with speeds adjusted to keep paths similar and the triangle similar to the original.

[henry quirk]

with blutz in his colon and flam in his bladder, he claimed ALL the asparagus