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[challenge entry] my combo entry :

now if i only knew or cared about who this person is..

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(I helped save b3ta! bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:34, archived)
# Hehehe, woo!
Ps. Anyone understand this? personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html

Supposedly there's a clue in the name...
(I helped save b3ta! Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:35, archived)
# fibonacci
heard of him?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:35, archived)
# give me a list of the correct answers from 10 rolls of the dice
any patterns you see?
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:36, archived)
# 0,2,4,6,8
over and over

aka, always even
(I helped save b3ta! Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:38, archived)
# yes well withiel has given the game away rather bluntly
but I was going to suggest looking at what features of a dice always occured in even numbers
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:40, archived)
# sorry
/winces.

apart from 2, of course.
(Withiel assumes the position!, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:41, archived)
# Ah, oh well
Well yeah, I thought originally that it'd be something to do with a central dot, but couldn't think of how.

Ta.
(I helped save b3ta! Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:42, archived)
# that doesn't work
(0800221155 Coldseal windows, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:43, archived)
# Nopes.
(I helped save b3ta! Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:38, archived)
# No,
It makes no sense.
(I helped save b3ta! The Duke of Prunes, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:37, archived)
# yes
the "rose" is a central dot. The number of petals is the total number of dots that surround a central one.
so, a roll of 3 provides 2 petals, a roll of 5 provides 4 petals, but a roll of 6 gives no petals, etc.
(Withiel assumes the position!, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:39, archived)
# I must be a genius


7 rolls to figure
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:39, archived)
# 10
and I only got it cos of withiel
(0800221155 Coldseal windows, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:44, archived)
# I didn't check back here, so it wasn't spoiled for me
clever test. opens the mind.
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:48, archived)
# Yeah
I'm very glad I didn't check back. It's interesting to see the different perspectives on solving it though. The mathematician would imediately look for the pattern in rolls, whereas a more 'arty' person (sorry, not sposed to be offensive) may see the 'rose' in question.
(I helped save b3ta! dingochutney *parp*, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:52, archived)
# Purple Acky! Behind You!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:58, archived)
# Sorry for late reply
Me and Acky go way back.
(I helped save b3ta! dingochutney *parp*, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 22:19, archived)
# How dare you call B3tans 'Arty'!!!
Not sure I can stand for this...
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 22:11, archived)
# the rose is
a roll of the dice with a single dot in the middle (i.e 5)

if you add up all of those with a central dot you get the answer


/i Know I'm a greek
edit damn your mindpiss Withiel
(Kakistocrat, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:40, archived)
# I think you'll find
I'm a greek too.

right 1st time.
(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Thu 30 Sep 2004, 21:51, archived)