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David Todt  |
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Friendship, OH
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 Thursday, 5 May 2005 08:32 AM
Great puzzle.
It reminds me of "odd but not peculiar"
Similar rules to PATR:
1. You can share the name of the game, "odd but not peculiar"
2. You cannot tell how to solve the game, but can give examples.
3. All examples are in the form of "word 1" but not "word 2"
For example:
Moon but not star
Teeth but not tongue
When someone gives you an example, you tell them either "yes, that is odd but not peculiar" or "no, that is not a correct example of 'odd but not peculiar'"
For instance, when someone says,
Spoon but not fork
my response is yes.
When someone says
Plate but not bowl
my response is no.
I figured the PATR out in about five minutes using the website, http://crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/roses.html
If you haven't picked up on "odd but not peculiar", email me examples and I will respond.
Dave Todt
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| David J. Meier |
Location:
Twin Cities Burbs, MN
USA
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Thursday, 5 May 2005 07:24 AM
After reading the Bill Gates story I figured it out... Great brain dump!
Friday, 6 May 2005 05:34 PM
Mitsu said:
like his windows o.s. ;)
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Thursday, 5 May 2005 06:47 AM
It was fun and easy. I cannot wait to get the Yahtzee dice out for my kids, brothers, sisters, wife and friends. What a great science fair experiment as well. Think of all the graphing one could do! How many rolls to figure out by age, sex, job, education level. And the rules are so simple. Just like Go.
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Thursday, 5 May 2005 06:05 AM
too easy
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| yo mama |
Location:
penis
USA
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Thursday, 5 May 2005 03:51 AM
stupidest shit ive ever seen in my life you queer's whoever actually post really responses on this forum. loser engineers.
Wednesday, 11 May 2005 07:46 PM
Ian Mottram said:
Can see that the shallow end of the gene pool can crack it as well - perhaps some time with a book on how to write correctly wouldn't go astray mate - you're certainly showing us who the Dumb Buggers are - people with names like Yo Mama???
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| Jeff Lewis |
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Wednesday, 4 May 2005 09:07 PM
Also, I offer this psuedo-mathy explanation as an alternative to the more intuitive solution:
Considering the rolls as a function:
Domain {five dice, each numbered 1 to 6}
Range {0,2,4,...,12}
Solution
Substitue the following values:
evens -> 0
1 -> 0
3 -> 2
5 -> 4
Sum the substitued values.
Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:25 AM
Lloyd Borrett said:
The real solution is just not that complicated.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2005 09:34 PM
Leszek said:
That's how I solved it Jeff. Actually went out to look at a rose to see what the name of the game had anything to do with the solution. I observed that roses do not have have two or four petals!
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| Jeff Lewis |
Location:
Berkeley, CA
USA
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Wednesday, 4 May 2005 08:47 PM
A fun puzzle, and a welcome break from studying. Great site!
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| Tim Johnston |
Location:
Missouri, the smart half.
USA
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Wednesday, 4 May 2005 07:24 PM
That was amazing. I'm off to torture my friends now; working on that "cruel and heartless wretch" part of knowing.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2005 06:52 PM
After 22 throws writing the numbers on a paper and puting them in ascending order, I stopped and took a look at the Bill Gates story. Then, suddenly, the light came on!
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Wednesday, 4 May 2005 04:33 PM
Took me bout five minutes and im 15 in the australian public schooling system! 
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