<div class="IPBDescription">Can you figure it out?</div> <a href='http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html' target='_blank'>http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html</a>
If you figure it out, do not explain it to others.
Just when I felt smart, something like this comes around and makes me feel like an idiot. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
found it! should be called around the roses though <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-h4x_baseball+May 28 2004, 12:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (h4x_baseball @ May 28 2004, 12:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I closed the window, does that mean I win? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> In my book yes.
To be fair; I figured it out, and thus I understand that strange strange name.
<!--QuoteBegin-pjofsky+May 27 2004, 11:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pjofsky @ May 27 2004, 11:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hint: Think far-fetched. And also think of people swerving in and out of traffic lanes. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats just more confusing D:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->While some students would solve the problem right away, others would struggle all semester. 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.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So... I guess I should be happy that I never figured it out, and instead just got **** off at it and quit?
Ok, that's it. Who do I kill for making this game? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
God, I finally got it. So simple I'm kicking myself...I tried averages, using the number on opposite faces, some really weird addition-sutraction-division crap...Ugh...
I'll just say that another way to look at the problem is using the title "stars around the moon". Try to stay simple
Uh yeah..I get 0 petals everytime..does that mean I win?
edit Must've been opera breaking flash or something works fine in IE but I don't get it <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> /edit
[WHO]ThemYou can call me DaveJoin Date: 2002-12-11Member: 10593Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-Speed 2 Dave+May 28 2004, 12:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Speed 2 Dave @ May 28 2004, 12:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> so it basically tells you that "if you figure it out early on, you're not that smart" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I wouldn't put any faith behind that.
It's coming from a guy that took a YEAR to figure it out.
What's the more likely scenario: 1. That the test has some intrinsic property that makes it confusing to smart people and easy for dumb people. 2. A college professor is covering up for the fact that he's retarded yet still teaching.
<!--QuoteBegin-[WHO+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([WHO)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Them,May 28 2004, 03:43 AM] <!--QuoteBegin-Speed 2 Dave+May 28 2004, 12:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Speed 2 Dave @ May 28 2004, 12:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> so it basically tells you that "if you figure it out early on, you're not that smart" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I wouldn't put any faith behind that.
It's coming from a guy that took a YEAR to figure it out.
What's the more likely scenario: 1. That the test has some intrinsic property that makes it confusing to smart people and easy for dumb people. 2. A college professor is covering up for the fact that he's retarded yet still teaching. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> 3. He phrased his meaning poorly.
I could believe that certain problem solving methods commonly used by people who do well in usually difficult subjects disadvantage them when other problem solving methods are nessesary.
In other words, I haven't gotten it yet.
EDIT: Alright I finally got it (about a half hour's work). I don't think I ever would have without the hints though because I never would have considered the name to have any meaning. I can see how it could take someone a long time without that bit of info.
Wow, I must be dumb as bread, figured it out afer 1 roll. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
It really eludes me right now how this can take alot of time to figure out. You'd have to be amazingly competitive at just a little flash game to look too deep.
You can really figure out some interesting things from this test. I'm guessing that most of the people that got this right away are artsy and are real spur-of-the-moment thinkers while the people who have struggled with it are more mathmatical problem solvers that think things through.
[WHO]ThemYou can call me DaveJoin Date: 2002-12-11Member: 10593Members, Constellation
edited May 2004
<!--QuoteBegin-DarkDude+May 28 2004, 01:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DarkDude @ May 28 2004, 01:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You can really figure out some interesting things from this test. I'm guessing that most of the people that got this right away are artsy and are real spur-of-the-moment thinkers while the people who have struggled with it are more mathmatical problem solvers that think things through. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I've been termed in the past as a "creative problem solver". So I guess I cover both of those bases.
Granted that this puzzle would have been harder without the name. But the fact is that the name was there and it just SCREAMS the solution.
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found it! should be called around the roses though <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->
In my book yes.
To be fair; I figured it out, and thus I understand that strange strange name.
Thats just more confusing D:
Aha! Victory! Ugh, so simple...
So... I guess I should be happy that I never figured it out, and instead just got **** off at it and quit?
I hate having to learn through failures.
I'll just say that another way to look at the problem is using the title "stars around the moon". Try to stay simple
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Must've been opera breaking flash or something works fine in IE but I don't get it <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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after 3 tries I figured it out (only because it TELLS YOU the answer after each guess)
I think if I didn't have that hint it would have taken me about 30 minutes of guess & checking to consistently get the right answer.
(oh, no wait, I got it... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
I wouldn't put any faith behind that.
It's coming from a guy that took a YEAR to figure it out.
What's the more likely scenario:
1. That the test has some intrinsic property that makes it confusing to smart people and easy for dumb people.
2. A college professor is covering up for the fact that he's retarded yet still teaching.
I wouldn't put any faith behind that.
It's coming from a guy that took a YEAR to figure it out.
What's the more likely scenario:
1. That the test has some intrinsic property that makes it confusing to smart people and easy for dumb people.
2. A college professor is covering up for the fact that he's retarded yet still teaching. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
3. He phrased his meaning poorly.
I could believe that certain problem solving methods commonly used by people who do well in usually difficult subjects disadvantage them when other problem solving methods are nessesary.
In other words, I haven't gotten it yet.
EDIT: Alright I finally got it (about a half hour's work). I don't think I ever would have without the hints though because I never would have considered the name to have any meaning. I can see how it could take someone a long time without that bit of info.
It really eludes me right now how this can take alot of time to figure out. You'd have to be amazingly competitive at just a little flash game to look too deep.
I've been termed in the past as a "creative problem solver". So I guess I cover both of those bases.
Granted that this puzzle would have been harder without the name. But the fact is that the name was there and it just SCREAMS the solution.
EDIT: I r dar mastar spellur