Comments on: Codepoetica the Yule-time Squirrel http://blog.verselogic.net/archives/2005/codepoetica-the-yule-time-squirrel/ The personal blog of Alan J Castonguay. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:31:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Masamage http://blog.verselogic.net/archives/2005/codepoetica-the-yule-time-squirrel/#comment-1299 Masamage Sun, 01 Jan 2006 22:59:56 +0000 http://blog.verselogic.net/archives/2005/12/02/codepoetica-the-yule-time-squirrel/#comment-1299 By the way, little squirrel, thanks for coming to my wedding. ^_^ By the way, little squirrel, thanks for coming to my wedding. ^_^

]]> By: J Random Lurker http://blog.verselogic.net/archives/2005/codepoetica-the-yule-time-squirrel/#comment-1298 J Random Lurker Sun, 01 Jan 2006 22:57:27 +0000 http://blog.verselogic.net/archives/2005/12/02/codepoetica-the-yule-time-squirrel/#comment-1298 "The shortest path between two points on a cylinder (one not directly above the other) is a fractional turn of a helix, as can be seen by cutting the cylinder along one of its sides, flattening it out, and noting that a straight line connecting the points becomes helical upon re-wrapping (Steinhaus 1999, p. 229). It is for this reason that squirrels chasing one another up and around tree trunks follow helical paths." -- <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Helix.html">math world</a> “The shortest path between two points on a cylinder (one not directly above the other) is a fractional turn of a helix, as can be seen by cutting the cylinder along one of its sides, flattening it out, and noting that a straight line connecting the points becomes helical upon re-wrapping (Steinhaus 1999, p. 229). It is for this reason that squirrels chasing one another up and around tree trunks follow helical paths.”

– math world

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