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Offline Sirgod

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Petals around the Rose.
« on: February 27, 2005, 01:17:11 pm »
Got It the first time out. Don't spoil the trick though for the others.

http://crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/roses.html

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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2005, 02:24:24 pm »
Geeze!  When you finally get it.. geeze...
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2005, 04:18:40 pm »
What a stupid way to resolve an answer.  I figured it out...how quaint.  There's no reason to restrict it to 5 dice however, you could do it with however many you want.

I think the program is flawed however, you can have up to 20 petals yet I've never seen it go over 10 on that site.
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2005, 07:05:28 pm »
I'm so lost.
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2005, 07:25:27 pm »
Quote from: Iceman on February 28, 2005, 07:05:28 pm
I'm so lost.

just thank about It Iceman, It's alot easier then you think. Just let your mind go for a second.

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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2005, 10:13:45 pm »
Well either
A. I'm the dumbest one here
or
B. I just observe things very quickly and notice patterns in just a glance
or
C. Being doped up on the good drugs lets you see things you otherwise overthink

I got it the 1st try ???

Ask Angelslayer if he thinks it's b
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2005, 10:34:30 pm »
I finally figured it out...I feel so stupid!  :-[ ;)
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2005, 10:42:14 pm »
I had to explain it to my wife...three times....I love her, but she has no spacial conceptuality

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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2005, 10:56:03 am »
I guessed the correct answer on the 3rd try, still have no idea of the logic behind it... I even went as far back as childrens rhymes...

hmmm its spatial is it... point groups were a breeze for me so I should be able to see this...  :-\

The trick to this puzzle is linguisitic - what is the "Rose" an analogy for?... hmm who was it came up with the puzzle originally?
His heritage and language might be a clue...
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2005, 12:01:03 pm »
took me about 8-10 tries before i figured it out very interesting concept
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2005, 02:16:28 pm »
Boy, do i feel so dumb. finally got it after 11 tries est. ::)
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2005, 02:34:00 pm »
STEPHAN YOU BASTARD!!!


YOU JUST WASTED A GOOD 15 MINUTES OF BILLABLE HOURS AT MY OFFICE!!!


YOU SIR ARE GETTING SUCH A BILL!!!


ARGGGGGGGggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!   When I finally got it I was sorely tempted to throw my monitor out the window.

GRRRRRRRRRRR

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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2005, 03:35:27 pm »
FINALLY I MAKE SOME MONEY!!!


I gave it to all the other lawyers int he office.   Right now there are over 10 very angry lawyers.  <snicker>   None of them can figure it out and I'm running from office to office yelling out the answer when I look at the screen.  <which is really pissing them off>  <snicker>

Oh, as for the money part.

Stephen . . .  Please forward $100.00 to me ASAP.  Otherwise, I'll be forced to tell them who is responsible for this. Trust me, that would be bad.


 
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2005, 04:12:45 pm »
Groaaannn... finally got it... my assesment was correct. (Thanks for the link to the fun puzzle Stephen!)
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2005, 09:32:29 pm »
Took me a while as I was going fully mathematical on the problem. Found one hint as to why "Petals around the Rose" is the name AND is important and got it 2 tries later.
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Re: Petals around the Rose.
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2005, 09:58:04 pm »
Quote from: WillWeasel on February 28, 2005, 10:13:45 pm
Well either
A. I'm the dumbest one here
or
B. I just observe things very quickly and notice patterns in just a glance
or
C. Being doped up on the good drugs lets you see things you otherwise overthink

I got it the 1st try ???

Ask Angelslayer if he thinks it's b

Gotta be B with a little bit of C thrown in for good measure.  Took me about ten tries to finally decipher it.  Overthinking the problem.  Ugh.
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