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Petals Around the Rose

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Well, a friend of mine pointed out an interesting read today. It’s a game called “Petals Around the Rose.” In the article they talk about how it’s played, but you have to figure out just how it’s played… if that makes any sense. I figured out the answer roughly half way through the article. Pretty nifty. View article here.

Also, if you think you finally figured out the answere, go here, and test your theory!

Comments

5 Responses to “Petals Around the Rose”

  1. Seth on October 17th, 2005 2:45 am

    Its a shame math in my head kills me. You can’t test an algorithm you come up with when you add/subtract/carry wrong…

    btw, eventually i did surpass my mental least significant bit problem

  2. mike on October 17th, 2005 12:24 pm

    does that mean you’ve solved Petals Around the Rose as well?

  3. Dent on October 19th, 2005 3:49 am

    Clear :)

    I partly agree with Bill Gates, though. The name would better be “Petals around the Roses”. Also the JavaScript version gives a hint in that direction, but way too clearly.

  4. mike on October 19th, 2005 8:41 am

    Dent,

    I agree. Althought it is a neat little game. Nothing more than a party trick, but fun none-the-less. :)

  5. Dent on October 20th, 2005 3:04 am

    Indeed, but I found it more fun than most of the frvade “riddles”. If the throw is in a vector, it takes only one line of 20 characters to calculate the answer in Matlab, btw ;-)

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