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 Saturday, 2 October 2004 07:58 PM
nice to know I solved it approximately 1 hour 20 minutes ahead of bill gates =)
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| Van Elsen |
Location:
Oeiras
Portugal
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  #889
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 11:18 AM
 Already knew this puzzle by 'Polar Bears around the Ice Hole'. There's a variant including 'seals in the ice hole. E.g. 4-1-6-3-6 result is 6. 3-5-1-1-2 is 12. Try it!!!
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Pete 'Happy' Thomas  |
Location:
Wharton, NJ US
USA
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#888
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 10:41 AM
It's Jude's fault, that saucy wench! It took me more than moments, but as soon as I got it, I wanted to hit myself....
The name of the game is significant.
Indeed.
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 09:24 AM
Someone pointed me at this page and I solved it in moments, surprisingly myself. Possibly I was well-primed, having recently read (and solved the puzzles in) _How Would You Move Mt. Fuji?_. Fun stuff. :-
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| ultrix |
Location:
here!
Finland
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 #886
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 09:23 AM
Woohoo! It took about an hour to get it, I tried multiple mathematic formulæ for it but then I realized that if one really can see it from a short glimpse, one doesn't actually need to calculate anything big.
The name helped quite a bit and when they were all threes I got the formula and felt happy.
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| Josh Diaz |
Location:
Britain
United Kingdom
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 #885
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 08:55 AM
Petals around the rose is the name of the game, and that is significant.
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| Gary Yam |
Location:
London, UK
United Kingdom
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#884
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 07:37 AM
I was stumped for ages, then I remembered this puzzle from years ago, when it was called "Polar Bears Around an Ice Hole". Then I got it straight away. The Sixes are different, though.
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| Scott Miller |
Location:
Texas
USA
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#883
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 06:10 AM
Lots of fun, but made me late for work.
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| Rick |
Location:
omaha, nebraska
USA
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#882
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 05:55 AM
spent 20 minutes in frustration, then put it away. the next day it took moments to get the right answer. i'm feeling good now!
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Sally Humphrys  |
Location:
Chippenham
United Kingdom
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#881
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Saturday, 2 October 2004 04:51 AM
Got there in the end... took about 20 mins I think. So obvious when it finally dawns!
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