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@steve1978ger
@steve1978ger 8 лет назад
Unless it's a mathematician's party, stating "You're cutting this cake in a very faulty way" will probably result in not being invited again.
@Danscottmusic
@Danscottmusic 8 лет назад
+steve1978ger Who was that person at the party last night who didn't talk to anyone and kept measuring the cake with a ruler and a protractor?
@steve1978ger
@steve1978ger 8 лет назад
Daniel Scott - love at first visual contact.
@Pikakeung
@Pikakeung 7 лет назад
steve1978ger That's exactly the reason why that person knows and uses this method.
@anykeyh
@anykeyh 5 лет назад
404 likes to your comment... Which comment?
@eastpavilion-er6081
@eastpavilion-er6081 5 лет назад
If it's a party, the cake will be gone on day 1. So no need to cut cake like that.
@AngelofHogwarts
@AngelofHogwarts 8 лет назад
What is this foreign concept of a "leftover cake"?
@rollyatm55
@rollyatm55 8 лет назад
LOL best comment :D
@thecrystalcrystals9242
@thecrystalcrystals9242 7 лет назад
Sorry, JesusMySavior, I don't speak this outlandish language of yours. What is this "lëftóvêr càke" you speak of? Please translate to English
@MrGsteele
@MrGsteele 6 лет назад
It's roughly akin to the hysterical notion of leftover wine, only without the hangover.
@sayonmondal3454
@sayonmondal3454 5 лет назад
Hi I am informing you after 2 years that you've got 1K + likes! Congratulations
@Aakash_Goswami1
@Aakash_Goswami1 5 лет назад
@@sayonmondal3454 Hi I am informing you after 5 months that you've got 1 like! (from me) Congratulations!
@leannb2513
@leannb2513 9 лет назад
alternative solution: eat the entire cake in one sitting
@drearyburritos1354
@drearyburritos1354 8 лет назад
I hope you dont do that...
@steve1978ger
@steve1978ger 8 лет назад
+Leann Beckman - just start digging into it with a spoon, preferably from the middle out, rawrr gnam cake drool
@Keshaire
@Keshaire 8 лет назад
+Leann Beckman I commented the same thing right before reading your comment. xD
@MakinSumthinFromNuthin
@MakinSumthinFromNuthin 7 лет назад
I wont eat a cake that isnt chocolate cake :)
@BiscuitZombies
@BiscuitZombies 7 лет назад
same xD
@christophergaspar6520
@christophergaspar6520 4 года назад
nice statement at the end he kept it obvious "this is for mathematical loners who don't want to share their cakes"
@JoshuaRobertMoser
@JoshuaRobertMoser 8 лет назад
I think he's overestimating how long a cake lasts in the average household.
@prosincr
@prosincr 8 лет назад
If you don't have restraint
@prosincr
@prosincr 8 лет назад
Joshua Moser lol
@2h4d0wDK
@2h4d0wDK 8 лет назад
But he isn't basing it on the average household
@EionBlue
@EionBlue 8 лет назад
+Dilip Tien It's a cake, how much restraint could you possibly have?
@austinbarton6874
@austinbarton6874 8 лет назад
It must be nice to eat cake with other people. I never finish my birthday cakes.
@AlanKey86
@AlanKey86 10 лет назад
Ingenious as this method may be, for solving 1 problem, I spot 2 new problems it creates: *1. Icing Overload* Near the end, when you've already gobbled up most of the cake, you'll be left with weird outside edgy bits, thick with icing but lacking sponge. The icing-sponge ratio of those last few pieces will be all wrong. *2. Tensile Stress Overload* In order to not get a massively oversized 1st slice, you'd have to cut quite a narrow block from the centre of the cake. The sponge may lack the strength to hold itself together, being so thin. At least with a wedge you maximise structural integrity by essentially having a traingular piece of cake. Thank you for reading this comment. If you enjoyed this comment, you might like to try reading other comments, such as the one below mine.
@victorselve8349
@victorselve8349 6 лет назад
Also Not all cakes can simply be pushed together like this without falling apart
@geraldsnodd
@geraldsnodd 2 года назад
Genius comment. 🙂👍
@mgA757
@mgA757 2 года назад
Your comment seems interesting.🤓
@mordaren
@mordaren 9 лет назад
This might be satisfying for mathematicians, but a physicist will point out that the rubber band will stretch when put in a cool refridgerator. Thus the effect of the rubber band is nullified, and you've opened up for up to 4 times as much surface area exposal than what you tried to get away from when simply slicing out a wedge. A potentially more satisfying way would be to simply chop disks from off the bottom of the cake.
@IvanKaramasov11
@IvanKaramasov11 9 лет назад
+mordaren *made me snicker*
@60NXNP09
@60NXNP09 9 лет назад
Then you'll be left with the icing only!
@НикитаЛубин
@НикитаЛубин 9 лет назад
+mordaren well, more satisfying way will only work if the cake does not have any layers
@checkplus
@checkplus 8 лет назад
An Engineer might disagree with your efficiency. That is, your cake to icing ratio. A slightly better solution may be to cut a normal piece, then proceed to cut the cake in half from the tip of where the piece was. Then you could close the space where you took the piece and it would stay fresh. This would leave the edges on the other side dry, but you could just cut your next piece from the same spot you took your first, and it would be fresh on both sides. As long as you closed it up after each one, every piece would be moist until the last bit, but at least you didn't ever have a piece that was 90% cake with virtually no icing.
@Chaosproscho
@Chaosproscho 8 лет назад
+mordaren Care to explain to me why a rubber band would expand in a cold environment and not retract?
@SickSkilz
@SickSkilz 5 лет назад
This is a great way for a single guy with no friends to ensure that the suffering another birthday alone is drawn out for as many days as possible.
@rileyweisman3789
@rileyweisman3789 7 месяцев назад
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh 4 years later
@karffiol
@karffiol 9 лет назад
everybody knows there is no day two for a cake
@thecrystalcrystals9242
@thecrystalcrystals9242 7 лет назад
Not if you're like me, there isn't...
@ACTlVISION
@ACTlVISION 7 лет назад
This is like the epitome of the difference between engineer and mathematician. Engineer knows ain't nobody leaving cake for tomorrow.
@thecrystalcrystals9242
@thecrystalcrystals9242 7 лет назад
WHAT THE PLANTS CRAVE now THAT'S scientifically accurate. But jokes aside, I think we're missing the point of this video
@theawesomesausage
@theawesomesausage 7 лет назад
especially in the US.
@arj290
@arj290 5 лет назад
Day two? There's no minute ten for cakes!
@DizzIlike
@DizzIlike 8 лет назад
People's faces when I cut the cake at the next birthday party...
@lisa2608
@lisa2608 8 лет назад
Actually imagining this made me laugh
@yarullinaguliya7285
@yarullinaguliya7285 6 лет назад
Soo weird faces, lol😂😂😂
@everby9998
@everby9998 5 лет назад
The kids actually devour the cake within minutes
@lunapotter5593
@lunapotter5593 4 года назад
😂😂😂
@gekkouga2828
@gekkouga2828 4 года назад
...will be terrible and they will see you as a mad-man.
@Ho3n3r
@Ho3n3r 7 лет назад
If you still have cake left over from the previous day, I'm doubting it was a delicious cake to begin with.
@CARx_2
@CARx_2 3 года назад
Not at all. Cake can fill you up
@vomicine5928
@vomicine5928 3 года назад
Sometimes cakes are big too And if you're alone then it's a different story :')
@GoBobe
@GoBobe 4 года назад
I did this to my own birthday cake 2 years ago, and i was almost crucified by my own family in the sushi restaurant. 😓😑
@joojok72
@joojok72 3 года назад
Rip
@ajayananddwivedi7154
@ajayananddwivedi7154 3 года назад
😂😂😂
@ZapPack
@ZapPack 3 года назад
Oof lol
@amaanali9525
@amaanali9525 3 года назад
Stfu and sym and syf den.
@iskambillordu
@iskambillordu 3 года назад
F
@gaeb-hd4lf
@gaeb-hd4lf 7 лет назад
"maximizing the amount of gastronomical pleasure" that sentence sound beautiful xd
@litigioussociety4249
@litigioussociety4249 8 лет назад
This only applies to people who actually have leftover cake.
@englebertmagentaschweiger1447
@englebertmagentaschweiger1447 8 лет назад
Those two words just don't go together in by vocabulary.
@thecrystalcrystals9242
@thecrystalcrystals9242 7 лет назад
So...no one, then?
@clarkeconner5178
@clarkeconner5178 7 лет назад
Litigious Society I
@countingcards3607
@countingcards3607 5 лет назад
This only applies to loners
@roses6799
@roses6799 4 года назад
@@thecrystalcrystals9242 me.
@montygordon
@montygordon 8 лет назад
The cake to icing ratio on the last slices would be bad
@theramendutchman
@theramendutchman 8 лет назад
My thoughts exactly.
@aberdeeen
@aberdeeen 7 лет назад
Right... You just have a disgusting pile of icing at the end
@Gamerdude753
@Gamerdude753 6 лет назад
You guys are weird. Those would be the best slices.
@AlessandroSistiMusic
@AlessandroSistiMusic 5 лет назад
Yeah, the kind of cake Galton was thinking about, as I've heard about this problem, (1) was typically eaten by one person (2) was eaten over multiple days (3) did not have icing For cutting a birthday cake that's mostly or all going to get eaten at once, the conventional way seems fine, given that none of 1-3 apply to modern birthday cakes.
@SMFrogPrincess
@SMFrogPrincess 4 года назад
@@AlessandroSistiMusic Exactly! The conventional way is the best way all the slices remain equal in size with equal amount of icing.
@MarcusCactus
@MarcusCactus 4 года назад
Thank you so much !!! Since Îve seen this, I cut my bread and my camembert (or Saint-Marcellin, or goat cheese) according to your cut and YES! it keeps fresh. (I live alone, bread and cheese last longer than a meal.)
@apratimghosh109
@apratimghosh109 9 лет назад
happy belated bday Brady
@numberphile
@numberphile 9 лет назад
Apratim Ghosh thanks
@korkiwi
@korkiwi 9 лет назад
(AGAIN)
@apratimghosh109
@apratimghosh109 7 лет назад
:D Thanks for replying! Saw it after a year...:)
@reign_zesati
@reign_zesati 7 лет назад
Apratim Ghosh LOL NO WAY😂
@heliocentric1756
@heliocentric1756 7 лет назад
His birthday was over two years ago
@overkillsnake
@overkillsnake 8 лет назад
Saran Wrap? Tupperware? Aluminium foil? A covered cake stand? Maths....because we can.
@rad1c_880
@rad1c_880 8 лет назад
+1, adding: Cream and not sugar coating? (for pushing the parts together)
@timothyk3505
@timothyk3505 8 лет назад
What's Saran Wrap? I have never heard of that
@KurtisBlack
@KurtisBlack 8 лет назад
Cling film
@Sylphadora
@Sylphadora 8 лет назад
Yeah, but why the waste? XD Also, if feels cool to do it out of the ordinary, lol =)
@yogeebear2599
@yogeebear2599 7 лет назад
well the rest of us wants to look smart
@stevendieudonne4027
@stevendieudonne4027 9 лет назад
Not only does the cake stay moist , you also get an infinite process, which mean infinite cakes.
@thedarkspeedninjashadittsux
@thedarkspeedninjashadittsux 6 лет назад
clark format But they keep getting smaller
@danimations1440
@danimations1440 5 лет назад
Zed no it’s not, if you have one, and add a half, then add a quarter, then an eighth, etc. You don’t ever reach infinity, you don’t even get past 2, this is the same thing
@Dexuz
@Dexuz 5 лет назад
Nah its not infinite, even with a atom-wide knife the cake piece would eventually turn to be a couple molecules wide, and for our human purposes that means no cake.
@ToperRS
@ToperRS 4 года назад
@@Dexuz Bruh it's a joke.
@syrenahrenaye8688
@syrenahrenaye8688 4 года назад
Planks length
@apriljones1381
@apriljones1381 4 года назад
“Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
@wjrasmussen666
@wjrasmussen666 4 года назад
Cake ah ah ah ah, finds a way
@EnchantedJewelzEmpire
@EnchantedJewelzEmpire 3 года назад
😂😂😂 CLASSIC
@thepip3599
@thepip3599 8 лет назад
I wish he kept going until it was crazily tiny, and he couldn't cut it anymore without squishing it.
@michaelbauers8800
@michaelbauers8800 8 лет назад
Some sort of Planck's constant would come into play
@kayleighmay2557
@kayleighmay2557 8 лет назад
He wouldn't have many rubber bands left...
@PhleriusBlog
@PhleriusBlog Год назад
Только если бы торт не ушёл в сингулярность, хах :) Only if the cake had not gone into a singularity, huh :)
@EfHaichDee
@EfHaichDee 8 лет назад
This is why mathematicians are never taken seriously by the general public.
@clairesun1549
@clairesun1549 8 лет назад
This isn't maths. And the guy isn't a mathematician.
@justinlasker6269
@justinlasker6269 8 лет назад
This is why you're not taken seriously by the general public.
@RonWolfHowl
@RonWolfHowl 8 лет назад
+FHD فَهِد‎ Because they like to have fun every once in a while?
@Zergeometer
@Zergeometer 5 лет назад
I guess it's because you know nothing about mathematics. Tell me what the world would be like if Newton wasn't been taken seriously?
@aufdermitte7143
@aufdermitte7143 5 лет назад
@@RonWolfHowl It depends on what you mean by "having fun", overthinking about mundane things like how to cut a cake wouldn't classify as having fun to most people.
@hagamablabla
@hagamablabla 9 лет назад
I'd cut the cake that way, but the rubber bands being cut makes me sad.
@derpman9932
@derpman9932 9 лет назад
hagamablabla take of the band before cutting it. The only purpose of it is to keep the cake together during refrigeration.
@JorgetePanete
@JorgetePanete 6 лет назад
hagamablabla make*
@apsiilencht74
@apsiilencht74 5 лет назад
it was very upsetting
@thechickennuggetoffate9139
@thechickennuggetoffate9139 5 лет назад
*_"Maximizing the amount of gastronomic pleasure"_*
@Disturbeduser3147
@Disturbeduser3147 3 года назад
😂Lol i read this coment as soon as he said this lol😂
@शाशांक
@शाशांक 3 года назад
@@Disturbeduser3147 wtf same
@JasTheGoose88
@JasTheGoose88 9 лет назад
That's also hiw you steal pizza without anyone noticing
@Starpilot149
@Starpilot149 9 лет назад
Mega Mods 2 kinds of people..
@someoneunknown6553
@someoneunknown6553 5 лет назад
Thanks Richard.
@NNOTM
@NNOTM 10 лет назад
Why is this video so much more popular than most of numberphile's videos?
@Awgez24
@Awgez24 9 лет назад
I wanted to look up different ways to cut a cake I dont want anything to do with pedophiles
@7dmtuk87
@7dmtuk87 9 лет назад
Gezo Lol
@wanwoodtophat9760
@wanwoodtophat9760 8 лет назад
Nnotm 100th like =P
@XxXgabbO95XxX
@XxXgabbO95XxX 7 лет назад
That's the question i was trying to answer. Peole seems to be upset by the way he cuts the cake. Curious.
@AlrycaAeveaHexendias
@AlrycaAeveaHexendias 7 лет назад
Nnotm Probably just RU-vid algorithm at work, recommending it to everyone for some reason.
@Admiralty86
@Admiralty86 9 лет назад
It's not genius, it's how I've always stolen slices of roomates pizza.
@daniellebarker7205
@daniellebarker7205 6 лет назад
Admiralty86 "didn't I order an 18" pizza? This seems more like an 11" pizza"
@yahyakhan6433
@yahyakhan6433 3 года назад
POV : you thought the 301 vid would be the most popular but realised its their least viewed vid lol
@boytheodore
@boytheodore 9 лет назад
Many cakes are very soft that you cannot move two parts together after cutting, especially fruit cake and cream cake.
@dudeinoakland
@dudeinoakland 2 года назад
You are correct. Cakes in the video have fondant icing. Most common types like a buttercream would be too soft.
@eatwelllivelonger6935
@eatwelllivelonger6935 9 лет назад
This method works best for personal cakes that may take a while to finish. Nice that it keeps it moist. The traditional way works well with large groups who often eat majority or all of the cake right away.
@RGVLove
@RGVLove 9 лет назад
who eats a birthday cake alone..... also who gets the bigger pieces?! from what I figure the cake pieces get smaller each cut..
@mmeister8582
@mmeister8582 9 лет назад
+RGV Love nop, u can do them thicker
@carultch
@carultch 9 лет назад
+RGV Love You can use Calculus to determine where the cuts need to be for equal amounts of cake.
@Emile.gorgonZola
@Emile.gorgonZola 8 лет назад
Champions eat birthday cakes alone.
@elizabethparnell4724
@elizabethparnell4724 8 лет назад
+Dracolith1 You would use this method for storing the cake though, you wouldn't give out a cake from the day earlier at your party, hence the equal sharing with the pie method as it is all used at once
@3niknicholson
@3niknicholson 8 лет назад
+RGV Love ...sad lonely maths freaks...
@nathanaelsadgrove
@nathanaelsadgrove 5 лет назад
Love the elastic band inefficiency 😂😂
@DanDubinsky
@DanDubinsky 10 лет назад
I'm sorry but if your icing is strong enough to resist a rubber band sinking into it, you have more things to worry about than a couple of edges getting dry. Unless of course, you are using Royal Icing or fondant. And I've worked at a Bakery for over 6 years now, and rarely do I see a cake which isn't iced with buttercream icing. But hey, if you like your cake iced with sweet modeling clay, all the more power to you.
@DejaMiru
@DejaMiru 9 лет назад
seriously.. have you heard of cling wrap? plastic wrap, glad wrap? a box with a lid?
@kulaice
@kulaice 9 лет назад
+Declan Dias And a sheet of plastic wrap probably costs less than a bunch of rubber bands too.
@jonnusorsa
@jonnusorsa 9 лет назад
+Declan Dias Original plastic wrap was invented 1943, way later.
@DejaMiru
@DejaMiru 9 лет назад
yeah but the title suggests its something that should still be relevant. a scientific way to heighten efficiency or equal distribution etc. not simply to reduce the lowering of moisture. something which has been more effectively solved by introduction of other methods (which doesn't ruin equal distribution and things like that lol)
@KarstenOkk
@KarstenOkk 8 лет назад
+jonnusorsa It's invented now
@DejaMiru
@DejaMiru 8 лет назад
Nameguy did you not watch the video? he puts his hands all over the cake.. also the video doesnt show a method of not using rubber bands, hence completely irrelevant to my original comment.
@hotsistersue
@hotsistersue 9 лет назад
So, you cut out the center and then put your filthy hands all over it and push it together. What if you have whipped cream frosting and not fondant? That could get messy.
@vijayvaddi1482
@vijayvaddi1482 5 лет назад
that's what bothered me the most.
@anirvinvaddiyar7671
@anirvinvaddiyar7671 5 лет назад
Just use the knife then
@olliefoxx7165
@olliefoxx7165 4 года назад
He was referencing material from the 1800's. Perhaps they didn't have whipped cream and also needed to make cake last longer. Being a rarity for most. Your point is valid though.
@mistercr0wbar400
@mistercr0wbar400 2 года назад
Exactly. This is idiotic and I can't even wrap my head around how bored a smart person must be to think so stupidly.
@professorsogol5824
@professorsogol5824 2 года назад
@@olliefoxx7165 May I remind you that Marie Antoinette died in 1792
@manofthemoon1513
@manofthemoon1513 3 года назад
Fun fact: The true number of views of a video about “301” will be much higher than the number of views of this video😂
@joshhirst8762
@joshhirst8762 3 года назад
In the description of the 301 views video it says that the true number of views is just over 15 million, while this video has over 16 million views
@JohnDoeSteveAustin
@JohnDoeSteveAustin 3 года назад
@@joshhirst8762 The last update is 8 month old, so it’s possible that in 8 months that video surpassed 16m views
@fryhyh
@fryhyh 3 года назад
Look at the likes here compared to the 301 video lol
@chetankumar9463
@chetankumar9463 3 года назад
In that video it was explained that views increase after one day. But in that views are still 301.why so??
@ChrisChras
@ChrisChras 3 года назад
@@joshhirst8762 that was a while ago, so it obviously has more views by now lol. Especially people got that on their recommended.
@VulturHS
@VulturHS 10 лет назад
But who would eat a cake alone?
@acediamond5399
@acediamond5399 10 лет назад
That's exactly what I thought of when you asked what would be a better cutting technique. Well, the first cut anyways. After that, I just figured to cut more slices parallel to the first one. Here's what's wrong with it though. You are increasing the ratio of icing to cake with every slice. If you cut radial wedges (the "classic" way) you get an equal ratio for every piece. But your method starts with very low icing-to-cake ratio (as the size of the cake approaches infinity, the ratio of the first slice's ratio approaches the ratio of the thickness of the icing to the thickness of the cake), and continuously increases as the cutting continues, approaching infinity. I don't want to get one of those final 4 pieces that tastes like icing, rubber, and human hands.
@Steelmage99
@Steelmage99 10 лет назад
And....the issue of people getting progressively smaller and smaller pieces of cake cannot be over-looked either. :) Who most enjoy cake for their birthdays? Kids. Who is most concerned with fairness (in regard to distribution of cake)? Kids.
@acediamond5399
@acediamond5399 10 лет назад
In this case, it can not only approach infinity, but actually reach infinity -- or more correctly, "undefined" -- as well. (The icing-to-cake ratio, that is; not the size of the cake.) If you are down to just a very small remainder of the cake, and you cut the center out so that there are only 4 thin, vertical strips of icing left, then the ratio becomes undefined/infinity.
@TCWordz
@TCWordz 10 лет назад
Most cakes don't actually have icing all around though. The big issue is that it's hard to get the same size each time.
@acediamond5399
@acediamond5399 10 лет назад
Tommy59375 Most cakes that I've seen do, in fact. The only ones I usually see that don't, are homemade ones that are kept in the pan until sliced.
@AndrewWilsonStooshie
@AndrewWilsonStooshie 10 лет назад
That's a hopeless way to cut a cake. 1. I've rarely seen a birthday cake that lasts beyond the 1st day. 2. It gets extremely complicated if you want to give everyone the same sized slice (the only consideration if it's a child's birthday cake).
@ROBOT_RAPHAREX
@ROBOT_RAPHAREX 3 года назад
"Are you the most popular video of Numberphile" "Yesn't"
@mrsteffen4692
@mrsteffen4692 3 года назад
this vid is probably mad to know it's less popular than a video with only 301 views...
@TumainiTiger1
@TumainiTiger1 10 лет назад
...or you could just wrap it in foil or clingfilm and cut it normally so its fair? otherwise you get huge slices at the start and mostly icing at the end :/
@thisiserk
@thisiserk 10 лет назад
the real question is why are you eating your birthday cake alone?
@notbanned-minecraft-art488
@notbanned-minecraft-art488 7 лет назад
he has no friends
@Face_RC
@Face_RC 10 лет назад
Triangle wedges make it vastly simpler to make sure you cut enough equally sized pieces for everyone present. The cutting it out if the middle means each successive person gets less and less cake. Triangle wedges are superior.
@gonzalojara398
@gonzalojara398 3 года назад
Fun fact: This isn´t actually Numberphile´s most watched video.
@yahyakhan6433
@yahyakhan6433 3 года назад
is it the 301 vid?
@user-el5vr8bi9j
@user-el5vr8bi9j 3 года назад
@@yahyakhan6433 it really is the 301 video
@meysamkhan8801
@meysamkhan8801 3 года назад
@@user-el5vr8bi9j nopes. The 301 views one has 15.1 mill veiws. Check the desc.
@MKTheGreat
@MKTheGreat 3 года назад
@@meysamkhan8801 yeah, but the last update to that description was in January '21.
@asheep7797
@asheep7797 2 года назад
@@meysamkhan8801 you do know they don’t update it daily
@Chaonk
@Chaonk 10 лет назад
Sorry guys. But I learned long ago that when it comes to food, it is best not to trust anyone with a British accent.
@TylerDunphy
@TylerDunphy 7 лет назад
BUT GORDON RAMSAY
@TheLaTasher
@TheLaTasher 8 лет назад
The really UN-mathematical thing about this method is trying to evenly distribute individual slices to party guests. It'd be quite hard to give everyone an equal slice with this method. The traditional way suits me!
@5gonza541
@5gonza541 5 лет назад
Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana It also didn’t say practical
@moondust2365
@moondust2365 4 года назад
@@5gonza541 It's both mathematical (sorta) and practical (kinda, but moreso than mathematical), but only if you buy the cake only for yourself without anyone else to eat it with and there's a bunch of leftovers. But if you're a normal person, you wouldn't have leftovers. Or you would have larger cake and guests to eat the cake with.
@bouipozz
@bouipozz 4 года назад
I dont think there are guests...
@danielsev9217
@danielsev9217 4 года назад
You could evenly distribute the cake provided you carefully select the invitation list. ;)
@jamesdlin7
@jamesdlin7 3 года назад
It's hard to make equal slices with wedges too, which is why a typical solution to the fairness problem is to have one person cut and the other choose (for two people; there are more complicated rules for more people). I don't see why the same approach couldn't be used for this method.
@BeliasLP
@BeliasLP 9 лет назад
having the taste of the old shitty rubberband around my cake is way worse then some dried up cake side....
@chu167
@chu167 9 лет назад
+Official Officials You can't or else it can get dried because the rubber band squishes the pieces together so they keep moist, but if you do take it off it would be dried.
@JMcMillen
@JMcMillen 3 года назад
If you're that much of a loner that you have nobody to share your cake with, just make cupcakes. The icing on top and paper on the sides and bottom will protect the cake from going stale.
@TankiGaming
@TankiGaming 10 лет назад
Who cares it's not like my cake ever lasted 2 days...
@catiepartridge5383
@catiepartridge5383 10 лет назад
If you had the amount of friends this guy apparently has, a cake can last weeks. (Although, I'd think in one sitting once he got depressed over having no friends, he could just eat the whole thing himself and at least one problem solved)
@Kiki-cb3hl
@Kiki-cb3hl 10 лет назад
How cute of you, thinking that there will be any cake left after my birthday! haahah
@NOLAMarathon2010
@NOLAMarathon2010 9 лет назад
The original "bad" way ensures equal distribution of icing, provided that each slice subtends the same angle. In Alex's method, you can't ever just eat a single piece. You have to cut two pieces each time in order to squeeze the two halves back together. If you consume only a single piece, you have the same problem that one has with the original method.
@hanvyj2
@hanvyj2 9 лет назад
Cut a piece that's half the width, twice the length? Cake volume is completely customisable, it might not look appealing though
@NOLAMarathon2010
@NOLAMarathon2010 9 лет назад
ANameThatIsn'tMyOwn There's a logistics problem: a piece of cake that is 1/4" (6mm) wide can't be delivered to the plate without breaking apart. Furthermore, a piece with a high-surface-area-to-volume ratio will undergo air exchange very rapidly, losing flavor.
@hanvyj2
@hanvyj2 9 лет назад
What's wrong with broken cake? It doesn't look appealing, hence my caveat :P.
@knugenavswarje734
@knugenavswarje734 9 лет назад
ANameThatIsn'tMyOwn There will be barely any icing on it, though.
@malcolmsmith6380
@malcolmsmith6380 9 лет назад
+Tom Nally Many people like myself don't eat just 1 small piece of 1 small cake unless it's to be polite in which case someone else will have the other slice. If it's a very large cake it's probably for a event/occasion of some kind and normally most of it will get eaten on the day so if I judged it right this would work well even for a large cake.
@Pranav-rp8wi
@Pranav-rp8wi 5 лет назад
1950s : We'll have flying cars by in the future.. the future: scientific way to cut a cake.
@MatLCF
@MatLCF 4 года назад
Except that according to 1:28 the paper was published in 1906...
@kasajizo8963
@kasajizo8963 4 года назад
Zeus if you had bothered to watch the whole video, you would know that the method in the video was invented in 1906. The guy in the video hasn't invented the method. He's just educating us on an interesting piece of history.
8 лет назад
That's the reason no one invites you to birthdays Bob
@Keshaire
@Keshaire 8 лет назад
No, it's fine. We Americans typically eat the entire cake in one sitting.
@prosincr
@prosincr 8 лет назад
What kind of American are you?
@Keshaire
@Keshaire 8 лет назад
Dilip Tien I represent all of America. North and South.
@Buskieboy
@Buskieboy 8 лет назад
I thought American's ate PIE? As in Apple, with American Cheddar!
@Keshaire
@Keshaire 8 лет назад
Buskieboy Pie is the main course, cake is just the appetizer.
@Keshaire
@Keshaire 8 лет назад
Dritto1010 That's because you prefer the appetizers over the main course, chap. Many of us are this way.
@EmperorTigerstar
@EmperorTigerstar 10 лет назад
0:10 - 0:12 So...that means the cake is a lie?
@twofiftysix97
@twofiftysix97 9 лет назад
You? Here? :D
@gorillaau
@gorillaau 7 лет назад
EmperorTigerstar No, the cake is dry.
@prussia9255
@prussia9255 7 лет назад
EmperorTigerstar Ayy emperor tiger star
@karanruparell2670
@karanruparell2670 6 лет назад
EmperorTigerstar q
@franciscolozano6936
@franciscolozano6936 5 лет назад
This is the best comment! the only reason I kept reading comments was to find something like this
@Zergeometer
@Zergeometer 5 лет назад
I was expecting The Banach-Tarski paradox so you cut the cake into 5 pieces, and recombine them into 2 exactly same cakes as the original one.
@UltraWindow
@UltraWindow 10 лет назад
my life begins today, i finally know how to cut a cake and eat it. before i just had the cake.
@Teamconquestplus
@Teamconquestplus 9 лет назад
I think I'd rather have a partially dry cake than one that has been molested by unwashed hands and uncleaned factory rubber bands..
@eminemerskyler3793
@eminemerskyler3793 9 лет назад
that's exactly what i came here to say!
@wxw5014
@wxw5014 9 лет назад
me 3
@wagish9768
@wagish9768 5 лет назад
There is always that one guy
@paulflute
@paulflute 10 лет назад
Invite friends to your party.. eat ALL the cake.. no problem..
@Th3enp0fdlkmax3
@Th3enp0fdlkmax3 3 года назад
Fun fact this is his most popular video but it's actually the one about 301 views
@doivid72
@doivid72 3 года назад
yes, I was looking for this
@VanorstusTV
@VanorstusTV 9 лет назад
just eat the cake all in one go, no dry bits.
@cybersphere
@cybersphere 8 лет назад
The problem with this analysis is that it assumes there is any cake left to put into the fridge.
@kev3d
@kev3d 10 лет назад
This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen in relation to cakes. Well done. No one eats a birthday cake one slice at a time since the purpose of a birthday cake is to enjoy it with family or friends. Secondly, the "correct" method does not yield equal slices, and "banding" the remaining halves together only works if the frosting is solid. If it is creamy, then you have a mess on your hands. Not to mention, rubber bands are not exactly sanitary.
@wanwoodtophat9760
@wanwoodtophat9760 8 лет назад
kev3d 199th like =P
@Arthur-yf9yv
@Arthur-yf9yv 5 лет назад
I think I'll keep doing it the old way. I just really like triangles.
@simoncao5924
@simoncao5924 9 лет назад
a cake you cant finish in 2 days is a cray cake
@BinkieMcFartnuggets
@BinkieMcFartnuggets 10 лет назад
If you ever see a really big birthday cake, resist all urges to cut it with a samurai sword because 9 times out of 10 there's a stripper in there.
@YipYapYoup
@YipYapYoup 10 лет назад
Meh, it's only useful if you eat one slice a day, and you can just put some plastic wrap over it or something.
@zetizahara
@zetizahara 5 лет назад
Watching this guy use this cutting method over and over made me feel really happy and I wasn't expecting that.
@BOBMAN1980
@BOBMAN1980 10 лет назад
The only way this video succeeds is if it serves as a demonstration of how things in theory can easily be trumped by reality.
@IcoKirov
@IcoKirov 10 лет назад
or you know, you can wrap it up in something like nailon and keep it fresh. instead of wrapping it with rubber bands which are not very clean
@nancyclaire65
@nancyclaire65 9 лет назад
If the cake is getting eaten in one day it doesn't matter which of the two ways it gets cut..
@Melomathics
@Melomathics 9 лет назад
What if someone chokes right before you cut his piece and dies, and the whole cake can't be eaten in one day anymore? I mean that can happen. And it even get worse the more people that choke and die before getting a piece...
@PTNLemay
@PTNLemay 9 лет назад
sKebess The traditional way also makes sense in large groups because it's easier to cut equally sized pieces. With this new way you get progressively different sized slices. Which can lead to disputes!
@falconJB
@falconJB 9 лет назад
PTNLemay Yes but this way you have a selection of different sized slices allowing everyone to take the one that best matches how much cake they want.
@chitranchakrabortty
@chitranchakrabortty 9 лет назад
sKebess This made me laugh so freakin' hard xD
@ToveriJuri
@ToveriJuri 9 лет назад
sKebess I don't see how that would stop the eating of the cake.
@zacharyalbright4222
@zacharyalbright4222 6 лет назад
The look of the slice is not "satisfying " it's aesthetically pleasing.
@ShortScienceVideos
@ShortScienceVideos 5 лет назад
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@BonzitheGonzo
@BonzitheGonzo 10 лет назад
Who doesn't eat the whole cake at once? What the fuck...
@mrtemper85
@mrtemper85 9 лет назад
I really think this is useless if you're having a cake that doesn't have a sugar cover. How would you wrap an elastic band around a chocolate cake? You'd make a mess and ruin the biscuit.
@Tomas-vx8gw
@Tomas-vx8gw 8 лет назад
+mrtemper85 If you cut the cake in a perfect 90° slice, then there's no need to use the elastic band. It's just an additional detail he used for the video.
@gaboper
@gaboper 9 лет назад
Halfway mark of the video I was like, "Oh come on, tell us already how" Also, this is very impractical for cakes with with softer cream-like kind of icing. It's very messy to clump the pieces towards each other. I think the reason why we traditionally cut our cakes that way is to distribute the cake and icing evenly for each serving. I never encountered a cake in our house that'll last for that long anyway. Haha.
@MrGsteele
@MrGsteele 6 лет назад
Another alternative would be to slice it horizontally, starting at the bottom and working up. The nice thing about that is the big frosting prize on the last slice for being patient. And while you are nibbling, no one notices the cake is getting smaller until it's gone . . .
@coisasnatv
@coisasnatv 10 лет назад
Are you serious? Back in 1906 there was no tupperware containers, no plastic wrappers like Saran and not to say home refrigerators. If the issue is better ways to cut the cake to keep it fresh, there are better ways to do it with today technology.
@schradeya
@schradeya 10 лет назад
What, you mean you're not down to chop your cake in half, give people different sized slices, mush your hands all over the cake, and utterly ruin anything not done in fondant? Come now, surely you recognize that this method is both scientific and superior! You must now recognize that your archaic plebeian method is wrong! [;)]
@SoundWaveTrax
@SoundWaveTrax 10 лет назад
schradeya They should have uploaded this video on April 1st.
@keetrandling4530
@keetrandling4530 7 лет назад
But there was butcher paper, cake or cookie tins, and brandy-soaked cheesecloth. This wasn't a problem for anyone who actually managed a kitchen, it was a hypothetical.
@ArcadeFL
@ArcadeFL 10 лет назад
Well I guess I dont have to worry about this.. because I will eat the whole cake in a day :D
@physicsonly
@physicsonly 3 года назад
.
@lizzyvainne
@lizzyvainne 10 лет назад
what if you're not alone? the parts won't be fair
@DoiInthanon1897
@DoiInthanon1897 Год назад
True statement: This is NOT the most viewed Numberphile video.
@timepass6774
@timepass6774 Год назад
No way, you are telling 301 views is more then 16 million lol 😂
@9azodnwlm
@9azodnwlm Год назад
@@timepass6774 yes
@AB3L30NE
@AB3L30NE Год назад
Yep. That 301 views is more like 301 million views
@hackstermatrix
@hackstermatrix 10 лет назад
Cake is good, but I prefer Pi.
@TheGreatNordini
@TheGreatNordini 10 лет назад
Wow, I am gonna be so fun at parties after this...
@xericicity
@xericicity 10 лет назад
I genuinely laughed, thank you.
@Raprada
@Raprada 9 лет назад
Easiest solution : buy a square cake
@familyz118
@familyz118 9 лет назад
Niceee! Hahaha
@drorbazer7531
@drorbazer7531 9 лет назад
***** Think outside of the circle!
@leirose3189
@leirose3189 5 лет назад
bold of you to assume I have leftover cake
@Yamezzzz
@Yamezzzz 9 лет назад
And then you have loads of icing at the end. Nothing's wrong with the normal way. Just cover it up or put it in a box to stop it getting dry! Who spends that long eating a cake anyway lol
@EyelessEntity
@EyelessEntity 9 лет назад
I wouldn't say this is the "right" way or even an efficient way of cutting cake. I have a sense that the rubber bands will not work on a cake with soft icing, such as whipped cream. Also, why would you leave food uncovered in the fridge in the first place? Have it covered by a lid or store it in a box or wrap it it plastic foil and it won't get dry so quickly. And is it really that bad if one side of a piece of cake is dry? That's like 1% of the cake that's dry. 99% of the piece is still fresh. Just shove that thing in your mouth. If you don't expect to eat it in one, two, or three days, eat/buy a smaller cake. I can go on and on, because I love cake, in lovely triangular pieces.
@rosysingh6699
@rosysingh6699 5 лет назад
I love cake too! And the triangular pieces are awesome! 🎂💖🎂💖
@neurotoksin
@neurotoksin 10 лет назад
You just gave me my OCD fix for the day! Thank you!
@Lucarioguild7
@Lucarioguild7 10 лет назад
either way its not gonna be perfect one way you have one dry side but equal slices the other you have nice softness but all the pieces are different sizes.
@lolmaker777
@lolmaker777 10 лет назад
Lucarioguild7 do some math and you can figure out where you would need to cut it for slices that are exactly the same size. (although the shape may be diverent)
@Lucarioguild7
@Lucarioguild7 10 лет назад
he said that the slices got smaller as you used this method
@RFC3514
@RFC3514 10 лет назад
OCD fix? Cutting a cake into _different_ slices? Your OCD is broken, mate.
@seventhtry7209
@seventhtry7209 4 года назад
Bold of you to assume that the cake is going to last for so long
@hsavietto
@hsavietto 10 лет назад
In Brazil we call this type of chart a "pizza chart".
@Woodthorn
@Woodthorn 10 лет назад
In Sweden it's "circle chart".
@robmckennie4203
@robmckennie4203 10 лет назад
Woodthorn Oh, Sweden.
@ZumunYT
@ZumunYT 10 лет назад
Woodthorn So it is in Poland.
@Creaform003
@Creaform003 10 лет назад
Australia: Pie Graph
@ZardoDhieldor
@ZardoDhieldor 10 лет назад
Woodthorn Meh... :D
@estebanjacobs5794
@estebanjacobs5794 8 лет назад
just eat it all at once...
@daltont3878
@daltont3878 8 лет назад
chin.
@nullivory
@nullivory 8 лет назад
no chin
@br4chydios
@br4chydios 7 лет назад
half chin
@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE
@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE 4 года назад
quarter chin
@mariafe7050
@mariafe7050 3 года назад
!?
@newecreator
@newecreator 10 лет назад
The rubber band technique would be awful on cakes that are not covered in fondant.
@abrahamcano6195
@abrahamcano6195 3 года назад
That method may work fine for hard-icy cakes. Soft icing (as used in Mexico) would summon a mess. I actually learned another way, cutting small arc portions, let's say, pi/6 or less depending on the diameter. Work it out inwards, until you get a cylindrical core (softest part!). If any leftovers, there's always a Pyrex or Rubbermaid hermetic container at hand.
@murry001
@murry001 9 лет назад
Why not just use glad wrap to seal the cake, and no more dry bits?
@carultch
@carultch 9 лет назад
+murry001 Because glad wrap wasn't invented yet back then.
@KarstenOkk
@KarstenOkk 8 лет назад
+carultch It is now
@BrotherAlpha
@BrotherAlpha 10 лет назад
Umm... Cake doesn't last more than one day. You eat it all. That's how it is supposed to work.
@Tamlinsongs
@Tamlinsongs 10 лет назад
Interesting. But most cake actually have mushy middle with all those cream and jam and won't hold up this way. Seems like it'd only work with those hard fruit cakes...and let's be honest, who likes fruit cakes anyway?
@White_vegan
@White_vegan 11 месяцев назад
This is not the most popular video on his RU-vid channel😂
@YunisRajab
@YunisRajab 9 лет назад
The correct way to eat a cake is on the first day!
@911gpd
@911gpd 8 лет назад
And then Aluminium paper was invented
@911gpd
@911gpd 8 лет назад
Dritto1010 It's Aluminium foil
@Liggliluff
@Liggliluff 4 года назад
Or plastic foil is an option too.
@lightyagami7734
@lightyagami7734 10 лет назад
what if he told us that we need to use rulers and protractors and calculators just to cut one slice
@dilaragulbaglar919
@dilaragulbaglar919 5 лет назад
I have an exam tomorrow and it's almost nighttime and I haven't studied yet and I am here now... Why am I like this
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