Actually the original challenge specifically states: any length or shape of paper. The only restriction is to fold it in half.
What Britney did was unique: she realized this is a problem of limits (the thickness of paper works against you) and worked out a mathematical formula that minimizes this effect.
Big deal. This may be the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. That paper must be about forty miles long; of course you can fold it 12 times. The old saying that you can't fold paper more than 8 times was referring to a sheet (i.e. 8.5" x 11") of paper, in which case you simply run out of material.
Sounds like neatoman has his head up his bum, and/or has believed everything his teachers have told him- despite the overwhelming design behind the things we once thought were so simple. In dear ol' Darwin's day, the complexity of a human skin cell was thought to be comparable to a Cadillac. Now we're sure the complexity exceeds that of the CERN Hadron Collider. Modern "science" is as political as it is arrogant.
I have a permanent case of "prune hands." It's caused by a neuro-immune disorder. Immune activation produces elastase and MMP-9, the former of which breaks down elastin (which is what gives skin its elastic quality) and the latter of which breaks down collagen. It actually makes it quite uncomfortable to use a trackpad! My fingerprints are also noticeably smoother than they used to be - my fingerprint scanner on my laptop no longer picks them up, and it did when I bought it in 2007.
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What Britney did was unique: she realized this is a problem of limits (the thickness of paper works against you) and worked out a mathematical formula that minimizes this effect.