Petals Around the Rose
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The professor mentioned in the description below the puzzle explained that the smarter you are, the longer it takes to solve. I say, "BS". All those fun little IQ tests test for many things, one of which is visual acuity - something I excel at. Solving this "puzzle" was not at all puzzling.
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Err... I gave up :)) The tigress is here :-D
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A story in Hard Drive[^] mentions that Bill Gates took a very long time to answer correctly. The name of the puzzle was told to him, i.e. it wasn't written down. When he did finally get it right, one of the other players discovered that he'd written down the name of the game incorrectly. They concluded that he'd actually memorised the answers to the possible combinations of dice. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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ok I give up. what am I looking for here? A pattern? and wtf is the rose I'm supposed to be counting around? :confused::confused::confused:
// Steve McLenithan
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ok I give up. what am I looking for here? A pattern? and wtf is the rose I'm supposed to be counting around? :confused::confused::confused:
// Steve McLenithan
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thats' good to know. I've always considered myself to be really good at math, but this has me completely confused.
// Steve McLenithan
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You're thinking WAY too much about it. Pretend you're 5 or 6 and someone told you the game. BW The Biggest Loser
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Hmmm. I must be fairly stupid; 30 tries and haven't missed one yet. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Roger Wright wrote: haven't missed one yet. yeah, me either. :sigh: I hate being an idiot. BW The Biggest Loser
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After I found out what "petal" means in german, it was actually quite easy. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
Petal in german is "Blumenblatt" according to BabelFish Clickety
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Doesn't take too long to figure out, 4 rolls. Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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doh, got the translation wrong. but you get the point, should have been C=2, E=4 ugh. I was just agreeing that the comment about smart people having a hard time with it doesn't make a lot of sense. It is very similar to puzzles that people use to define intelligence. As far as intelligence goes I'm as clueless as anybody.
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andy brummer wrote: intelligence As far as I ma concerned "Intelligence" is the ability to learn. These simple puzzles mean nothing and IMHO don't at all help to measure "smartness"-"intelligence". Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
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Roger Wright wrote: haven't missed one yet. yeah, me either. :sigh: I hate being an idiot. BW The Biggest Loser
"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
-Hollywood FreaksI feel like such a retard... I just know that I won't sleep at all tonight.:(( Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.