Pull your hair out with this puzzle. :-)

TW85 HHI · 04-14-05, 11:23

Only two things can be told:

1) The name of the game, Petals Around the Rose, is significant.
2) The answer is always either zero or an even number

http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm

It took me a few minutes to figure it out and while I had the idea, I did not try guessing any answers first.

grimmster · 04-15-05, 12:15

wow, I actually figured it out and got it on the first try. Simple once you "get" it

seracis · 04-15-05, 02:29

I'm sorry, but that is the STUPIDEST "game" I've ever wasted 10 minutes on. I figured it out but why on earth would anyone waste their time infecting anyone else with it's logic?

TW85 HHI · 04-15-05, 02:31

Show me a logic game/puzzle that isn't stupid. It really is simple: if you do not like the puzzle then do not try to figure it out.

Eliot Ness · 04-15-05, 07:25

"Congratulations! We have another Potentate of the Rose."

Took me a bit to figure it out, and I later found the Bill Gates story interesting (should have read it before I started).

Intel486 · 04-17-05, 02:46

haha... that took me a few. Having rolls that were able to be zero confused me.