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Started by Towelie, January 04, 2007, 10:28:45 PM

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Towelie

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. :)

dark_drake

#1
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.
errr... something like that...

rabbit


Chavo

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

rabbit

I know the answer, I figured it out on the first try.

Sidoh

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...

Chavo

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.

Towelie

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

Sidoh

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...

dark_drake

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.
errr... something like that...

AntiVirus

#10
I don't get it. :(

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

[Edit]
*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".
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.


"They say that I must learn to kill before I can feel safe, but I rather kill myself then turn into their slave."
- The Rasmus

Newby

Ollllld. I've seen this twice before. lol.
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Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

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. 

rabbit

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.

Sidoh

lol, they're all secretive about the answer, but the javascript makes it obvious. :(

Rule

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.