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Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: WMCoolmon on October 16, 2005, 03:19:07 am
http://crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/roses.html

DAY 1: after 45 minutes, still very little progress.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: phatosealpha on October 16, 2005, 03:31:52 am
Took me about 20 minutes first time I saw it.

Edit:  Been given the typical hint yet?  If not, want it?
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Genryu on October 16, 2005, 03:46:05 am
Took me two try before understanding the problem. The thing is that you've got to look carefully at the dice in my opinion.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: karajorma on October 16, 2005, 03:58:56 am
I've seen it before (in fact it was posted here on HLP a while back). Didn't take me long to solve it then. Faster than Bill Gates for certain :)
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Black Wolf on October 16, 2005, 04:12:26 am
Got it first time :D The name makes it ridiculously easy.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Singh on October 16, 2005, 04:16:13 am
Singh no comprehende the point of the dice, or what he is supposed to do.

*Singh leaves in shame
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Ghostavo on October 16, 2005, 04:51:42 am
Spoiler:

Quote
Originally posted by Genryu
The thing is that you've got to look carefully at the dice in my opinion.


Quote
Originally posted by Black Wolf
The name makes it ridiculously easy.


After a few attempts with no clue I saw these posts and understood the point ;)
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Descenterace on October 16, 2005, 05:19:51 am
Visual mind FTW...

Got it inside five minutes. The name does kind of suggest a visual puzzle and TBH I was on the right lines to begin with.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Ransom on October 16, 2005, 05:21:56 am
I saw this a few months ago. Got it in a couple of goes.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: WMCoolmon on October 16, 2005, 05:43:09 am
Quote
Originally posted by phatosealpha
Took me about 20 minutes first time I saw it.

Edit:  Been given the typical hint yet?  If not, want it?


I know:
Spoiler:
The name is significant.
The numbers are all even
The answer

Which are supposedly what you're supposed to tell beginners.

In addition, I have a something of a grasp of what the answer will approximately be...will it be big or small mostly.


Other than that I'm trying to do it myself.

If a visual mind is what's needed I'm surprised I'm not good at this, I have a very active imagination... ;7 :shaking: :eek: :nervous:
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Kie99 on October 16, 2005, 09:00:06 am
Got it in about a minute. :doubt:
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Fragrag on October 16, 2005, 09:02:17 am
Pretty old, got it after several months, and that's cuz someone told me :(

By the way, I got a roll in which all the die were 1s,
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Zuljin on October 16, 2005, 11:52:12 am
Got it after 5 mins or so.
It's not that hard when you think about it.. but thats easy to say when you know what you're looking for :D
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Rictor on October 16, 2005, 12:18:29 pm
2 tries, seen it before.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: delta_7890 on October 16, 2005, 12:23:08 pm
Got it in a couple minutes.  Very easy.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Kamikaze on October 16, 2005, 01:00:41 pm
Solved it within 10 minutes. I didn't realize the significance of the name until after I solved it though.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: FireCrack on October 16, 2005, 01:25:29 pm
Got it in a munite or two... Black wolf's post realy helped..
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Sandwich on October 17, 2005, 09:08:33 am
Got it in about 3 seconds. Boring.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Falcon on October 17, 2005, 09:43:36 am
Took me one try to figure it out...
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: wolfdog on October 17, 2005, 11:53:40 am
Well, this is a perfect example of something I would never be able to solve...
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: ZylonBane on October 18, 2005, 01:35:58 pm
Hmmm, might be time for another thread on the Monty Hall problem.
Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Martinus on October 18, 2005, 01:40:17 pm
[color=66ff00]I battled with it for quite a while before I realised that it wasn't as it appeared.
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Title: Petals Around the Rose
Post by: Setekh on October 18, 2005, 10:46:52 pm
Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
I've seen it before (in fact it was posted here on HLP a while back).


Yeah, I posted it last time. Similar response - I took ages to get it myself, actually, but all the folks around here got in a second. :p