A puzzle

[jimscott]

Time for another diversion:

The Puzzle

How many petals do you see around the rose?

 

[Capslock]

Got it! Finally. That was driving me nuts. Good puzzle!

Capslock

 

[JBL]

It took about twelve attempts before I got it. My kids did not get it until I provided many, many obvious clues. My wife got it immediately--first attempt. I pointed out to her that the brighter you are, the harder it is to do. I'm in big trouble now.

 

[jimscott]

It drove me nuts, looking for a mathematical pattern for four minutes - and then it dawned on me - and worked consistently.

 

[scottychaos]

cool game!!
it took me about an hour!
I even looked up other pages on it..
even when I had a big long string of examples, I *still* couldnt figure it out!!

finally, just thinking about the "3 rules" the answer popped into my head and it was all obvious!

found this other cool page about it:
http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-bg.htm

 

[Finch]

the rose doesnt appeir on my screen

 

[Capslock]

If you see the dice, that's all you're supposed to see.

Capslock

 

[superimposedhope]

After all day i got it.

Joe

 

[trashcan]

I got after about 5 minutes... Normally I would feel proud, but...

Quote[/b] ]It had taken Dr. Duke well over a year himself, and he would always explain that the smarter you were, the longer it took to figure it out.

Geez!

 

[Spectabilis73]

dont see dice or roses

 

[Amateur_Expert]

I GOT IT!! i tried for an hour earlier today but just gave up, i decided to try again now and after a few minutes i got it!

 

[Amateur_Expert]

Wait.. i thought i had it.. my techniche worked 3 times, now i'm getting em wrong again, or did i just get lucky 3 times in a row?

 

[ChronoKiento]

GAH!!! I'm going insane I can't get it!!!

 

[Mannannan]

I must be really really smart cos I cant get it right! Now im so mad over it tho, so I cant quit!!!

 

[jimscott]

Quote[/b] (scottychaos @ Sep. 06 2004,8:55)]cool game!!
it took me about an hour!
I even looked up other pages on it..
even when I had a big long string of examples, I *still* couldnt figure it out!!

finally, just thinking about the "3 rules" the answer popped into my head and it was all obvious!

found this other cool page about it:
http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-bg.htm

Scott: Great article! kinda reminds me of "Who's on first..."
Pat: I know exactly how you feel!

 

[Travis]

Got the hang of it on my 2nd attempt. What do I get?

 

[elarwhis]

Woo! After thinking about it all day, I finally got it!

 

[ChronoKiento]

UGH!! I had the answer as soon as I looked at it but I didn't think it was that easy so I moved on and now I finally realized I was right. x.x Now that I think about it, it was really easy.

 

[TheAlphaWolf]

lol! I got it after about 5 minutes. I tried a couple of times, wrong. then I read the instructions and the background and I got it

 

[PlantAKiss]

It took me a little while. I actually had the right answer sooner but I must have added wrong so my answer didn't match...so I tossed that idea aside. Later I tried again and realized I was right.

I liked that.