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Zardotz  |
Location:
CA
USA
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  #7626
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 Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:19 PM
Took about 10 minutes. Got the link from Jon's column. 
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| Brett Peterson |
Location:
SLC, Utah
USA
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 #7625
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 02:08 PM
I had my son introduce me to this game. What a fun game.
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| RL Smith |
Location:
SF Bay area
USA
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#7624
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 12:14 PM
I see from the N. Cal posts today we all owe Jon thanks for the link. I took 14 rolls to get it and only when I jotted down 3 of the rolls. I can't conceive of anybody remembering the rolls like in the BGates article. That was demoralizing.
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| Paul Rubin |
Location:
San Francisco CA |
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#7623
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 12:04 PM
When my son got it, I had to keep trying. It took about 25 tries - including some dismal and embarrassing disappointments because of counting errors!
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| Ctein |
Location:
California
USA
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#7622
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 12:02 PM
Cool! Took me about five minutes. Actually, it was reading the Bill Gates story that did it for me. Not the story, but seeing a bunch of throws laid out in front of me at one time. Subconscious pattern recognition? Mebbe. (I *knew* it wasn't higher math -- figured out scheme to solve the problem mathematically very quickly, but what's the fun in that?)
Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:46 PM
Ali Mages said:
How did you figure out a mathematical problem very early? I was sitting there doing all sorts of math, even though I knew it probably wasn't some sort of math problem. I was doing another link besides this article: crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/rose.html and its a flash game where you can roll and it infinitely gives you answers. I didn't get it until I had that and the article. Even then it took me a while.
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| Tom Caswell |
Location:
Edmonton AB
Canada
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#7621
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 11:51 AM
what was so difficult about this?
I got it the first and every time, within seconds of veiwing the puzzle.
Wednesday, 30 August 2006 03:16 PM
Lee Chan said:
Guess we view the world in the same way - at least these kind of puzzles.
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 11:35 AM
we did it in class today it took me a bout 10 minutes to figure it out
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| bingo |
Location:
bay area, california
USA
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#7619
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 09:45 AM
cool, fun puzzle. Took a couple dozen attempts. Had to write down the numbers to figure it out, but I think that slowed me down, inadvertantly...
yippie!!! I'm one of YOU now!!
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| Matt Nicoletta |
Location:
Baltiomre, MD
USA
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#7618
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 09:39 AM
Great game to play with your friends. Although, they may not be your friends for long...
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| Peter Nelson |
Location:
Palo Alto, California
USA
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#7617
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 08:57 AM
 Got it on my fifth try; proved it with three more throws (cautious). Helped that I quit thinking about numbers.
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