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 Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:25 PM
Damn... you folks just wasted 4 hours of my life.
Used a combination of an Excel spreadsheet with about 200 recorded trial runs and an HTML-based PATR site that I found I could rig to make a specified dice throw come up. Still took me four hours to do, though. (I guess you could call it the James T. Kirk Solution - reprogram the game until you get the results you want.)
Who do I speak to about getting those 4 hours of my life back?
Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:49 PM
sflummox said:
4 hours? Sounds like you really *were* thinking too hard. On the bright side, this just means your smart, or at least have a lot of knowledge...
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Sunday, 3 October 2004 04:37 PM
Thief said:
sflummox...
Compared to the rest of the Fraternity of the Rose, I wouldn't exactly call myself "smart." I think I set the record for the longest time to solve the puzzle ever. :-/
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CA McGee  |
Location:
Haifa
Israel
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  #456
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:22 PM
It took me about five throws to figure it out -- I just wish I had five dice so I could wander around showing it to people.
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| Mark Wilkes |
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:19 PM
Not too tricky then
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| impulse626 |
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:13 PM
The first time I saw this, it took me about 15-20 very frustrating minutes to figure it out. On the site where I first encountered the "Petals around the Rose" puzzle, the author noted that the longer it takes you to figure out, the smarter you are. I don't remember the URL, but according to him, 6-12th grade students consistently "got" it in 5-10 minutes, whereas most established scientists wrangled with this for days, some never getting it at all. It's just the way a brain tackles (in this case) a very simple problem. Smarter people tend to overthink the puzzle. As such, for the folks who got the puzzle on the third or fourth rolls.... umm... I hear the short bus is waiting for you 
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:10 PM
I'm usually terrible at logic puzzles but I got this one on the second throw. Rolled with a throw including 2 fives, then I tried to figure out how it got 8. Once I re-read the first paragraph about how the name was important I got it rigth away.
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| Steve Lappin |
Location:
Los Angeles
USA
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:10 PM
clever...
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:07 PM
Hahaha. The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club.
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| Stephen Scholz |
Location:
Raleigh NC
USA
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:05 PM
Frustrating. Then annoyingly easy. It makes me want to inflict it on others. But I am afraid they might get it faster than me. How can I make this harder?
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| Jack William Bell |
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#449
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:04 PM
I am proud to say I figured it out in four rolls (I had most of the algorithm in three rolls.) Almost trivial *if you concentrate on the rules*.
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| Frank Williams |
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Toronto
Canada
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#448
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Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:03 PM
What a beautiful thing when the clouds in your mind clear and the solution shines through. I loved this puzzle!
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