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Offline Towelie

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Pedals Around the Rose
« on: January 04, 2007, 10:28:45 pm »
http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm

See how many tries it takes you to figure out. I got it in 10 rolls. :)
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 10:31:31 pm »
I got it on my first try. However, I've played a game similiar to this.  :-\

Edit: Actually, the game I played was exactly like this but there was more than one thing to answer.
« Last Edit: January 04, 2007, 10:34:51 pm by dark_drake »
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errr... something like that...

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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2007, 08:08:49 am »
Eh..I got it first try.
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2007, 12:42:18 pm »
you can guess right on the first try and not have gotten it correctly

when you can get it right every time almost immediately, then you know the answer
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2007, 02:07:34 pm »
I know the answer, I figured it out on the first try.
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 02:16:49 pm »
I think you're supposed to keep doing it until you get it.  I got it right on the first try as well, but I don't think that means anything.  It seems there are only 3 possible answers (I only got three anyway): 0, 2, 4.  That makes guessing pretty easy...
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 03:21:45 pm »
Quote from: Sidoh on January 05, 2007, 02:16:49 pm
I think you're supposed to keep doing it until you get it.  I got it right on the first try as well, but I don't think that means anything.  It seems there are only 3 possible answers (I only got three anyway): 0, 2, 4.  That makes guessing pretty easy...
keep playing ;)

@rabbit: its impossible to know that you know the answer if you have only played one roll.  Its very easy to create incorrect solutions that work for a while.
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 05:40:36 pm »
Quote from: Sidoh on January 05, 2007, 02:16:49 pm
I think you're supposed to keep doing it until you get it.  I got it right on the first try as well, but I don't think that means anything.  It seems there are only 3 possible answers (I only got three anyway): 0, 2, 4.  That makes guessing pretty easy...
it can actually be up to 20
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2007, 05:52:18 pm »
Quote from: Towelie on January 05, 2007, 05:40:36 pm
it can actually be up to 20

I know.  It's pretty easy if you try more than two times...
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2007, 06:30:19 pm »
What I meant to say is I understood the game on the first try, but that's because I've played a game just like it.
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2007, 07:20:00 pm »
I don't get it. :(

Sheesh Sidoh, make the kids that can't get it feel dumb!

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*sigh* I figured it out. Ron told me that it doesn't matter about the rose, but instead just think of it as a "flower".
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The once grove of splendor,
Aforetime crowned by lilac and lily,
Lay now forevermore slender;
And all winds that liven
Silhouette a lone existence;
A leafless oak grasping at eternity.

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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2007, 12:45:29 am »
Ollllld. I've seen this twice before. lol.
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That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2007, 09:12:00 am »
Quote from: unTactical on January 05, 2007, 03:21:45 pm
Quote from: Sidoh on January 05, 2007, 02:16:49 pm
I think you're supposed to keep doing it until you get it.  I got it right on the first try as well, but I don't think that means anything.  It seems there are only 3 possible answers (I only got three anyway): 0, 2, 4.  That makes guessing pretty easy...
keep playing ;)

@rabbit: its impossible to know that you know the answer if you have only played one roll.  Its very easy to create incorrect solutions that work for a while.
Not really.  I knew there was a trick, so I went with the most obvious one.  I got it right on the first role, and I tried some more, and got them all right.
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2007, 01:44:20 pm »
lol, they're all secretive about the answer, but the javascript makes it obvious. :(
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Re: Pedals Around the Rose
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2007, 02:43:36 pm »
Quote from: Sidoh on January 06, 2007, 01:44:20 pm
lol, they're all secretive about the answer, but the javascript makes it obvious. :(

I think that's to try and make the game more fun.  The solution is readily available; look up "pedals around the rose" on wikipedia.
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