Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

ok, and 2 minutes of thinking about the name revealed the significance

took me about 20 minutes. Even knowing how it works, I don't understand why the name is significant.

Wow... it took me a while to figure this out, and once I did, I felt really, really stupid for not figuring it out sooner.

As soon as I read the article and the instructions, I had a theory which proved to be correct. This game made my day!

Friends brought this up over lunch and I hadn't a clue for like an hour. Came back and played online, got it in 5 minutes. Its all in visualization man, seeing it helps !

This was really great fun. I took some number of hours trying to fit arithmetic formulae for series and sequences, coming up with complicated rules to get the number of petals around the rose.

Finally, reading the blog post carefully gave me enought insight to crack it open!

And as I sit here in the middle of the night, smug in the knowledge that I am part of this fraternity, I marvel at the brilliance of the inventor. Such a simple thing hidden in so much complexity.

Truly, it is a lesson in problem solving. Look for simpler solutions to your problems.

it took me about an hour, but once you get it you are shocked how obvious it is.

got it on the first go... it's the name of the game that made it so easy... forget the other clues...
but uh... i guess this makes me really dumb...
Anyone want to do a workup on who gets it easier, males or females. It'd be interesting work to find out.

It's such a simple thing once you figure it out. definiately can't wait to show my friends.

Cute.... unfortunately I didn't try it before I had read the Bill Gates article... all of the examples on screen like that gave it away much too easily.

BH