<p>At the moment this question appeared, I asked the OP to indicate how it was related to statistics but got no response.  The thread is indeed interesting and many can see implicitly its potential applications to statistics, but on the face of this evidence it was correctly closed.</p>

<p>Note that this thread is still available, still searchable, and people can still comment and vote on it: its closure just means additional answers will not be forthcoming.</p>

<p>FWIW, I was not among those who voted to close.  That's probably because the community did the deed first.</p>
