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Citizen Premier
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 11:08 PM
Took me a while. I'd comment more on it, but I'm afraid I'd ruin it for everyone else. |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 11:22 PM
Although I think "The smarter you are, the longer it takes" was just a way for the professor to cover his own butt. |
Sharruma
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 11:43 PM
I'm a genious, I can't get it ;( |
Sharruma
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 11:50 PM
Okay I got it, must've taken me nearly fifteen minutes though. |
Projectmayhem
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 02:49 AM
It's a one trick horse. 5's are worth 4, 3's 2. End of story. It's just damned frustrating when you try to add, multiply fucking everything.
It's the epitome of the obvious hiding in plain sight. This type of shit has led me to question school on more than one equation. |
Ellie
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 05:09 AM
This was so painfully obvious, I don't get the point. I am usually thick as a brick on these kinds if things. Buh. |
Nick
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 05:27 AM
"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."
I first saw this when a chemistry teacher of mine invited the class to join the 'polar bear club'- all you had to do was tell him how many 'polar bears' there were round the 'ice-hole'. and not tell anyone the secret, obviously. |
The Curator
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 09:11 AM
I'm obviously a complete idiot because I got the answer instantly. And I think this is an instance where it's okay to say that 'any idiot should get the answer right away.' But if you're a genius, it might take a little longer. |
Charybdis
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 02:50 PM
Yeah, first try. Damn, I thought I was smarter than that. I guess I should have lied and said three days. |
MrKurto
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 02:57 PM
"Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 10:22 PM
Although I think "The smarter you are, the longer it takes" was just a way for the professor to cover his own butt."
i agree.
i think you just have to be open-minded to think of the solution. my brother still can't get it.. and he's a regular idiot |
Citizen Premier
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 11:15 PM
Don't read on if you haven't solved it yet!
But anyways, I think the smartest person would figure it out first; I spent a lot of time trying to work with the numbers, but a person with a sense of the real would realize the significance of the dice and that the problem involved shapes and not numbers. |
Maegan
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 | 09:42 AM
...I never was good at this sort of thing. Even after reading everyone's hints (& I thought I had it once...), I didn't get it. I guess I'm just thick. Although...maybe the reference about the smartest people not figuring it out has to do w/ people who understand a lot of #s, shapes, patterns will work too hard to see what is actually being shown. Overthinking things. So people w/ a simpler thought process will not have any of that in their head while looking at it. |
thunder
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 | 09:52 AM
yay I figured it out! Took me about five minutes so I can't be that smart |
Citizen Premier
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 | 03:27 PM
Well, the belief that smarter people take longer to solve it would be contrary to "the seminar program" which I am in. It's an advance series of classes in my school and many others for student who score exceptionally well on a pattern-recognition test. I think that whoever says this test takes smarter people longer would insist that mathmatically-oriented people are smarter. Might I remind you that there is no clinical definition for "smart?" |
Razela
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 | 03:34 PM
Yah, so I've been working on this thing around 5 minutes and don't think I'm even close. I'll think I have it and get a few in a row, then it's wrong. I know it's something easy and simple, but it's just not coming. Is it safe to say that college has destroyed my chances at ever understanding another simple puzzle? |
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 | 04:23 PM
Took me about 15 mins to figure it out and I've got an IQ of 129 (thats 2 points off joining MENSA). I think the smarter you are thing is a loada rubbish, its more a test to see just how creative and open-minded you are. |
Boo
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 03:27 AM
Ok, took me about ten minutes to get this.
It's kinda logical in a really bloody annoying type of way. |
Maegan
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 07:32 AM
...Okay. I was just trying to boost my own ego, since I obviously haven't gotten it.
GAHH!! Maybe I'm just not creative or open-minded. And to think...part of my employee evaluation was based on my creative ability & my ability to think outside the box. Guess I should give that extra $2/hr back. |
X
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 07:42 AM
Hmm, I have been working on this all weekend, while only taking Bathroom breaks. Will one of the(to be politically correct) "Educationally Challenged" people tell me how to do this?? |
Boo
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 07:51 AM
Where does asking someone else for the answer come under the whole intelligence ratio thingy?
😜 |
X
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 08:07 AM
Well, as I have allways thought, I am above everyone else, so it occurs to me that I will never understand a problem only a feable mind can understand. |
X
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 10:13 AM
Ummmm, disregard that last post. Unfortunately, I figured it out. |
X
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 10:22 AM
Ok, I was just joking, will someone "PLEASE!!" tell me how to do this, Im about to lose it. |
X
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 12:08 PM
Ooooook, after 4 hours, I now have a headache, but I finally figured it out. HOW in the world did some of you figure that out in a matter of min.??? That is crazy!!!!! How could someone "assume" that is how it worked only after a couple of rolls???? It took me 50-60 rolls!, just a process of elimination. This was NOT worth the headache. Your all nuts!!!! HOW CAN THIS JUDGE A PERSONS INTELLIGENCE??? I also wander if a higher % of females where able to get this quick because of the "Rose" thing. Sorry, I'm just kinda upset that I spent that long on this "thing". Kinda aggrivated. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 12:15 PM
The nice people in white gave me a pretty jacket, but I can no longer see my hands. They said I am going to the "Enchanted Kingdom" to play with the magical creatures that live among the flowers. The room is high and bright, where is the salt??? |
The Curator
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 12:22 PM
Experiencing a few problems, Stephen? Glad to see you seem to have got them sorted out. Maybe your new room in the Enchanted Kingdom will be decorated with rose-petal wallpaper. |
X
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 12:25 PM
Your evil Alex......You are sooooooo evil. Be Gone!!! and never soil my towels again. |
Razela
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 02:57 PM
Ok, so I went back today after reading stephen's post mentioning females and the "rose" thing. After reading that I knew exactly what it was and went back and was right. Of course, it took me like 3 days... |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 03:46 PM
Haa!!!! I helped someone, and she's a cutie!!!! LoL |
Razela
in Chicago, IL
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 | 11:07 PM
Awww....thanks =) |
Sharruma
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 01:21 AM
I couldn't get it until I thought about the name and wondered if that was significant. Then it was easy. |
X
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 07:34 AM
The only way I got it is when I couldn't think anymore and the world seemed like it was going to end. Right before I passed out, I looked up. BAM!!!! There it was in all it's evil glory. |
Boo
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 07:40 AM
:lol:
Sounds like how it worked for me, only it took longer, seeing as I'm one of the... what was it?... "Educationally Challenged".
😜
But you know, it wasn't worth the time I spent on it either. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 09:26 AM
I'm obviously out of the loop. 😕 |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 09:38 AM
I tried to get the girl at home to do the test. she tried for 15 min. and now she wants nothing to do with it. Actually put her in bad mood, witch didn't help me out later on. That game is evil. I want to take that game that SATAN made himself, grab it, twist it,rip, tear, stomp, bite, curse.....oh DAMNED. Maybe I will just give that thing to Paul. He deserves it. |
The Curator
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 09:46 AM
I once played a drinking game in college called 'up-down', or something like that. Only played it once, so I can't remember the exact details, but the basic premise was that everyone had to try to solve a puzzle. The possible answers were up-up, up-down, or down-down. If you got it wrong, you had to drink. The correct answer had to do with whether the guy who came up with the riddle had his hands up or down. A few people were never able to work it out. |
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 03:20 PM
i cant find the answer i hate this arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg im a girl but arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggg i hate it |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 | 03:46 PM
Want me to tell ya??????? :coolhmm: |
Maegan
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 09:35 AM
Don't tease. |
padego
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 10:05 AM
O.K. here's my 2 cents worth,
I had this figured out within 4 throws, I'm a goldsmith and designer, My 16 year old daughter, much like her dad, has it figured out in 2 throws, my wife, math wiz, former banker, dosn't get it, thinks it stupid and goes to get a glass of wine, my son, first year mechanical engineering course, last seen with pencil and paper deep in thought...
Conclusion:
Its not a matter of how smart you are as to how you see problems such as this, we arty types look at this much more figuratively where as math types are looking for a problem where one may not exist.
That there is my theory and I'm sticking to it. |
Rod
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 10:29 AM
Yup, too deep of thinking will destroy your mind when coupled with this evil little thingy. I wonder if the Prof is dead, and if so, whether or not his demise had anything to do with this game and several hundred disgruntled students.
It took me 3 days, total time spent on it about 2.5 hours first day, 2 hours second, then about 1.5 MINUTES on the third. Just depends on your state of mind when you look at it, I guess. (Before the drug jokes come in, I was actually smokin pot on the third day, but not the first two. And they say it doesn't help creativity!)
Oh, and I purposely avoided reading any comments on this until I had it figured out. |
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 12:15 PM
I actually had this figured out by my 4th role. I was quite disappointed. I must be a total moron or something. Are you going to eat that glue? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 12:52 PM
WHY IS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE A DUMP, WHEN REALLY, THEY ARE LEAVING IT. My only advice, if someone is obviosly threatening to hurt you and it looks like they can, shit in your hand and tell them that you are going to throw it at them. I bet they will leave you alone. |
X
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 01:04 PM
Ummmmmm, yyeah, I take it you missed your appointment today? Someone has been hitting the Happy juice, or played this game too long. |
Rod
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 01:13 PM
I can see the headline progression from this one...
"Man Driven Insane By Stupid Dice Game"
"The Dice Game: Are You Stupid?"
"The Dice Game: A Communist Plot To Occupy Our Time?"
"Doctors Warn About TDG Syndrome"
"TDG: Thousands Hospitalized For Psychosis"
"TDG: U.S. Crippled By Losses Of Its Greatest Minds"
"TDG: Will Civilization Fail?"
"THDWBNJLKKML:LKJYITUIYLKJK FREAKIN GAME!!!"
And then nothing, until, wafting in on the breeze comes "The Alien Times: Serving The Greys Since .00687", with a headline reading
"Dice Game Ploy Successful" |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 01:21 PM
How would you catagorize the people that, after 1 attempt, refuse to play again???? |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 | 01:38 PM
Survivors, if the headlines are right.
😉 |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 09:29 AM
Since no one has posted how it works...I just assume no one REALLY knows how to do it.
😛 |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 09:51 AM
"It's a one trick horse. 5's are worth 4, 3's 2. End of story." - ProjectMayhem
This was like, the third or fourth post.
Of course, until you realize what it means, it's almost as cryptic as the game. |
Charybdis
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 10:30 AM
WARNING - SPOILERS FOLLOW - DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER
<font size=1><font color=blue>Count the pips surrounding the center pip. 5 gives you 4 pips. 3 gives you 2. All the others have no center pips except 1 with has none surrounding.</font color></font size> |
The Curator
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 10:43 AM
You ruined the game, Charybdis. You should have made them suffer more for the answer. I was getting a sadistic kick out of watching the ongoing mental anguish on exhibit. |
Rod
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 10:54 AM
Here's a thought... I wonder how much longer it would have taken people if the dice were placed next to each other foming a plus sign...
THAT would REALLY screw your mind. |
MrKurto
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 03:28 PM
know what would really screw with your mind..
flashing colors while trying to figure out the petals.
as if the "game" itself isn't hard, trying to fight off the urge to seizure adds a little extra challenge. |
Smerk
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 | 06:38 PM
Thanks Charybdis! I was so close to the answer, and you just confirmed it. |
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 11:42 PM
Well, now I feel really idiotic. Aren't there any other really literal-minded people out there who can't get past the fact that this thing has NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH ROSES??? Arghhh. |
Citizen Premier
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 11:48 PM
Did you solve it yet, Katherine? Because it does have to do with roses, if you consider the shape/principle. |
Rod
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 | 12:58 AM
sym |
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 | 10:17 AM
Yar, I know how to look in a dictionary--but as I've said, my mind is distressingly literal. When it says "How many petals are around the rose?", my natural response is, "WHAT rose?" I don't know...somehow it unnerves me to be messing around with hypothetical roses. Couldn't they put up a nice photograph of a rose or something so that you know what you're working with? (It would have to be really grainy or blurry or something, though, so that idjits wouldn't be tempted to actually try and count the petals on it...) |
Maegan
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 | 09:06 AM
""It's a one trick horse. 5's are worth 4, 3's 2. End of story." - ProjectMayhem
This was like, the third or fourth post.
Of course, until you realize what it means, it's almost as cryptic as the game."
Yes, I SAW the post. But it isn't completely accurate. 5 isn't WORTH 4, it HAS 4...So when I returned to the site after reading that, I applied the same logic to the rest of the di. It wasn't working. Charybdis' post gave me my answer...now I know that at least ONE person knew it, and wasn't just saying they did to be part of the crowd. 😛 |
X
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 | 09:15 AM
Hey, I did figure it out!!! it just took a couple of days. |
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