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I was playing this yesterday. It reminds me of the stick arranging game, if any of you have played this.
I didn't like this one.
Quote from: Yoni on June 11, 2004, 06:56 PM
I didn't like this one.
But you figured it? You're smart enough that it took long? :P
According to the background story, I guess I'm really not smart because it took me 2 seconds to solve it.
I suppose some people might struggle with this riddle for a long time depending how they see it. Just reading the title and looking at the dice, I got it right away.
Played it twice so far, still don't get it.
Me either.
I got it the first try, but I read the text first. I do not know why it is correct.
I went and read some open source code for it, but I won't give the answer away. I'd be interested to know how some people just know the answer intuitively though... I sat there for 10 minutes playing with some simple math and got nowehere near.
Quote from: Arta[vL] on June 12, 2004, 09:56 AM
I went and read some open source code for it, but I won't give the answer away. I'd be interested to know how some people just know the answer intuitively though... I sat there for 10 minutes playing with some simple math and got nowehere near.
I played with it for a few minutes before finding the answer.
QuoteWhat lead me to finding the answer was comparing what produced high and low numbers. The highest number I got was 12 and the lowest 0. When you get those and check what numbers do and don't generate those, the solution should be getting pretty obvious.
Good one. Hint below:
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Read the name carefully
Hmm, I got all ones and left it blank, and it said "You are right there are petals"
Well, I can get the right answer every time, but I'm not really sure why it's right :)
<edit> aha, I see why it works now. But I think I did it a little backwards. I agree with Adron's advice, though, that's what I did.
Solving the problem depends on your perception of the dices. Like the info says, no complex math involved.
I got it right away on the first try and I really thought it wasn't working correctly; I found it strange that I'd get the right results all the time. I didn't think it was that simple.
What, you don't like my multiple plurial form?!
Sorry, english isn't my first language ;) I didn't know "dices" was wrong until you remarked that.
Quote from: Arsenic on June 13, 2004, 02:28 AM
What, you don't like my multiple plurial form?!
Sorry, english isn't my first language ;) I didn't know "dices" was wrong until you remarked that.
Do you mind getting corrected?
English isn't my first language either, and I don't mind getting corrected. Getting corrected = learning, learning = good.
I'll appreciate if you don't use spelling corrections as arguments in a debate though :P
I really appreciate getting corrected, this makes my english better. I mean, if no one tells you you'll make the same mistakes over and over again.
I don't mind as long as people don't bash me for making those mistakes that is ;)
I actually hear a lot of English people make that same mistake, so don't worry about it.
But Dice is the plural form of Die.
You can roll one Die or 3 Dice.
But I frequently hear people say "1 dice", and I always correct them.
I still don't get it.
Quote from: j0k3r on June 13, 2004, 02:34 PM
I still don't get it.
I suggest noone tell. You'll most probably get it eventually, if nothing else by reverse engineering the program. Not having the answer in writing here helps encourage people to try a bit harder.
Quote from: Adron on June 13, 2004, 06:50 PM
Quote from: j0k3r on June 13, 2004, 02:34 PM
I still don't get it.
I suggest noone tell. You'll most probably get it eventually, if nothing else by reverse engineering the program. Not having the answer in writing here helps encourage people to try a bit harder.
Msg me on msn if you want help. I'll help you just like I helped you on Crimson Room ;)
Quote from: iago on June 13, 2004, 08:21 PM
Msg me on msn if you want help. I'll help you just like I helped you on Crimson Room ;)
"Just click everywhere"
I hope you die.