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  • M Mike Dimmick

    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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    Adam Wimsatt
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    http://member.melbpc.org.au/~lborrett/computing/petals-bg.htm[^]

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    • L l a u r e n

      i dont get it at all absolutely clueless :(


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      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:

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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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        l a u r e n
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        im with u on this one i have absolutely no idea what on earth this is all about :(


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        • L l a u r e n

          im with u on this one i have absolutely no idea what on earth this is all about :(


          "there is no spoon"
          biz stuff   about me

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          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

          Who is remote client and what has he done with my VPN connection?

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            i dont get it at all absolutely clueless :(


            "there is no spoon"
            biz stuff   about me

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            brianwelsch
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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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            • R Roger Wright

              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.

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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"
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              • M mc schroeder

                After I found out what "petal" means in german, it was actually quite easy. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!

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                Vadim Tabakman
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                Petal in german is "Blumenblatt" according to BabelFish Clickety

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                  Petals[^] Josef Wainz Software Developer

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                  Brian Delahunty
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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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                  • A Andy Brummer

                    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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                    Brian Delahunty
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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 Freaks

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                      Roger Wright
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                      I 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.

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