how many petals around the rose?

[paradox]

stole this off another forum. took me about 3-4 trys to figure it out. how about you?

linky

[torn asunder]

been 10 minutes... i'm not checking back into this thread until i figure it out, damnit!!

[torn asunder]

heh... wow. ok, got it... :whistling:

[paradox]

silly, yes?

[Dubh Aingeal]

Took me 15 tries to figure out the solution...

[Marblez]

took me 3 to figure it out and 2 more to confirm it.

[mallochai]

aaaaaHA!

four attempt to figure it out. very interesting.

[paradox]

heh, we must all be unsmart! the other forum i swiped thsi from, some people where going nuts! hilarious!

one guy wrote up a lengthy disseration on why it was lame.

i thought it was mildly amusing, but once you figure it out, pointless.

[Lilith]

ok so i looked at this eearlier this morning thought abotu it all day could not figure it out......... about a minute ago Squee and i sat down together to look at at it and BAM she got it right away............ this was very addictive

[Scary Guy]

I suck at math so I'm not surprised I don't get it

[JaneDead]

i have done it a few times and i really don't understand it yet.... frustrating

[JaneDead]

ok i got it now it is actually more simple than i was making it out to be. that was the problem

[honeymustard02]

lol I'm missing something here!! I did it 3 times and still nothing.

[Lilith]

ok i got it now it is actually more simple than i was making it out to be. that was the problem

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have to agree it is so easy once you figure it out, almost too easy, so easy that after you spent hours days etc... and you finally get it, you feel like a dumb ass.....

i was reading some of the comment on the website and people were getting all pissed about how it said the smarter you are the longer it will take you to figure it out... well i am not sure if the statment was ment as a Sassy comment or if it had merrit to it but i think the more education or scientific mind you have the longer it will take you to because you are searching for the "logical" answer, the answer all our years of schooling has taught us to look for. Well it does not apply to this problem.

[torn asunder]

so easy that after you spent hours days etc... and you finally get it, you feel like a dumb ass.....

and i sure did...

[paradox]

it said the smarter you are the longer it will take you to figure it out... well i am not sure if the statment was ment as a Sassy comment or  if it had merrit to it but i think the more education or scientific mind you have the longer it will take you to because you are searching for the "logical" answer, the answer all our years of schooling has taught us to look for. Well it  does not apply to this problem.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

agreed. you want to look at the problem pictorally rather than analytically. i think the comment was meant both tongue-in-cheek but also a little seriously. something of a 'heads up', if you will.

not about being smart, but about thinking outside the box

[Dubh Aingeal]

not about being smart, but about thinking outside the box

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I would have to agree... I think this is exactly what they were trying to say. Cause the more you look for the answer within that box the longer it will take you to solve this particular puzzle.

[Jarodaka]

The answer is always zero or an even number. Apparently, I'm allowed to say that without betraying the trust of the Petal of the Roses Society.

I think I would've gotten a little faster if I clicked on CHECK rather than ROLL. Heh. Time for bed? Maybe.

[Scary Guy]

Awesome, I got it now, thanks Paradox for your post helped me shift gears.

[The_Dark]

ok, an hour into it... bah

[JaneDead]

agreed. you want to look at the problem pictorally rather than analytically

yes, that is where i was having problems. i was making it all about math or something about the set up of the dice. then i was like ok i am going to stop guessing answers hit roll and check rather than guess an answer and that is how i finally got it!

[The_Dark]

I feel like a dumbass now....

[paradox]

ha, but the longer it takes you to figure out, the smarter you are! :

[Vater Araignee]

pout

[paradox]

yea, didnt take me long either...