I've been [chat]in on the railroad

ZeroCow

Dear Chat,

Spoiler:

Warm Regards,
ZC

Elki

MrMister wrote: »

Dynagrip wrote: »

I thought he was running the prostitution ring, I didn't know he was just a client. That's not nearly as exciting.

The headlines were far more sensationalist than they deserved to be.

At least somebody got to print Spitzer Out.

evilbob

Nerissa wrote: »

evilbob wrote: »

I just figured out that dice puzzle thing and now I feel like a complete retard for not getting it a lot sooner.

It's really not a matter of how smart you are. I really think it's more how stubborn you are... the more you insist on looking at the problem mathematically, the harder it's going to be. I'd bet people with more artistic tendencies get it faster than people with more mathematical (possibly academic) tendencies.

Except that there's a reasonably simple mathematical solution to it as well.

Nerissa

here's the direct link for the dice thing

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

Nerissa

evilbob wrote: »

Nerissa wrote: »

evilbob wrote: »

I just figured out that dice puzzle thing and now I feel like a complete retard for not getting it a lot sooner.

It's really not a matter of how smart you are. I really think it's more how stubborn you are... the more you insist on looking at the problem mathematically, the harder it's going to be. I'd bet people with more artistic tendencies get it faster than people with more mathematical (possibly academic) tendencies.

Except that there's a reasonably simple mathematical solution to it as well.

there is... but finding it via anything but brute force is going to be difficult, because there are so many distractors

Gooey

That petals thing is driving me insane.

Echo

Oh, the petals thing. Yeah, I solved that in two seconds.

Nerissa

Echo wrote: »

Oh, the petals thing. Yeah, I solved that in two seconds.

Thought you might get it pretty quick... noticing the details that most people gloss over helps.

Haphazard

skippydumptruck wrote: »

nexuscrawler wrote: »

skippydumptruck wrote: »

the woman spitzer was boning is hot

......mom?

do you have a sister?

Well, he does have a mom.

Where do you live, nexus? I... want to visit you...

MrMister

This is the course load I'm considering for my final quarter in college:

Fiction Writing
Poetry Writing
Intro Singing
Drawing for Non-Majors
Beer Tasting
Wine Tasting

I shall be the best senior ever

Mojo_Jojo

I know this rose thing is a trick, but I can't spot it.

Echo

I don't see how people can miss it.

Oboro

good morning [all]

Mojo_Jojo

Echo wrote: »

I don't see how people can miss it.

Don't make me come over there!

Aegis

ZeroCow wrote: »

Dear Chat,

Spoiler:

Warm Regards,
ZC

I hate you for making me hungry.

Nerissa

Echo wrote: »

I don't see how people can miss it.

Well, you have to be looking in the right place.

*** note, the below is a HUGE spoiler, do not click it if you have any desire to solve the problem yourself because it will almost certainly give you the answer ***

Spoiler:

Most people see the values on the dice as numbers, not patterns

ViolentChemistry

I don't get it, but I'm pretty sure

Spoiler:

the color of the dice is important.

Nerissa

ViolentChemistry wrote: »

I don't get it, but I'm pretty sure

Spoiler:

the color of the dice is important.

Spoiler:

Nope

Mojo_Jojo

Stop tempting me with spoilers.

James

petals:

Spoiler:

would be a lot easier using traditional dice... imagery on the website including die color makes the whole thing trickier

speaking of mind puzzles, have you all played snaps?

Mojo_Jojo

Bah, I accidentally read a spoiler. Now I'll never know how long that would have taken me. I'd guess forever.

ViolentChemistry

Nerissa wrote: »

ViolentChemistry wrote: »

I don't get it, but I'm pretty sure

Spoiler:

the color of the dice is important.

Spoiler:

Nope

Oh well. I'm dumb then.

Haphazard

I don't get it. Time for some spoiler reading.

LaOs

ViolentChemistry wrote: »

Nerissa wrote: »

ViolentChemistry wrote: »

I don't get it, but I'm pretty sure

Spoiler:

the color of the dice is important.

Spoiler:

Nope

Oh well. I'm dumb then.

I had thought the same thing you though, in your spoiler VC, but was able to figure it out after. Don't lose hope!

skippydumptruck

chart comparing sexual teachings of religious groups

ViolentChemistry

I'm okay with being dumb.

Mojo_Jojo

skippydumptruck wrote: »

chart comparing sexual teachings of religious groups

That is some piss poor representation of data.

evilbob

You guys do know that the most important rule of the game is that when you know it you're supposed to be a huge douche about it and not help people figure it out yeah?

Not Sarastro

Echo wrote: »

Oh, the petals thing. Yeah, I solved that in two seconds.

Spoiler:

Took me about a minute, but yeah...as soon as you recognise it's bound to be 'lateral thinking' related, there are only a few options considering that clue.

spoilered just in case.

gundam470

ViolentChemistry wrote: »

Oh well. I'm dumb then.

Spoiler:

Nah, that's the first thing i thought too, because you get some red dice. But the appearance of red dice seemed too random to make any sense. Then I thought whatever you did to come up with a number had to be multiplied by two since the answer is always even or zero but that zero kept throwing me off so I figured there had to be some subtraction going on somewhere. Because of the name, I kept coming up with some "she loves me/loves me not" algorithms. That is + - + - + or - + - + - which got as complicated as being dependent on the first dice rolled. After having exhausted all of those algorithms, Nerissa mercifully gave a couple of hints which really made me focus on the name again and decide that something had to be the rose. At first i though it was the last die, but couldn't come with anything reasonable to find the answers. 15 minutes later it finally clicked.

It took me like an hour and a half all in all.

ViolentChemistry

skippydumptruck wrote: »

chart comparing sexual teachings of religious groups

So, Buddhists, Unitarian Universalists and Wiccans are acceptable.

gundam470

evilbob wrote: »

You guys do know that the most important rule of the game is that when you know it you're supposed to be a huge douche about it and not help people figure it out yeah?

What's your point?

Echo

Spoiler:

I'd even consider saying that the name of the game is important to be a spoiler. That's what made me look at it visually on my first try ever.

Not Sarastro

Have to say I'm ridiculously pleased with myself whenever I get these things fast, or switch round that left-right brain dancer with ease, even though I totally disagree with IQ style testing in principle.

'crite.

gundam470

Echo wrote: »

Spoiler:

I'd even consider saying that the name of the game is important to be a spoiler. That's what made me look at it visually on my first try ever.

Nah, the name of the game being important is one of the only things you're supposed to say about it.

evilbob

gundam470 wrote: »

evilbob wrote: »

You guys do know that the most important rule of the game is that when you know it you're supposed to be a huge douche about it and not help people figure it out yeah?

What's your point?

Stop helping people. The majority of the enjoyment gained from the puzzle is in watching other people fail to figure it out after you have.

Mojo_Jojo

evilbob wrote: »

gundam470 wrote: »

evilbob wrote: »

You guys do know that the most important rule of the game is that when you know it you're supposed to be a huge douche about it and not help people figure it out yeah?

What's your point?

Stop helping people. The majority of the enjoyment gained from the puzzle is in watching other people fail to figure it out after you have.

This is why the hints are in spoiler tags.

ViolentChemistry

evilbob wrote: »

gundam470 wrote: »

evilbob wrote: »

You guys do know that the most important rule of the game is that when you know it you're supposed to be a huge douche about it and not help people figure it out yeah?

What's your point?

Stop helping people. The majority of the enjoyment gained from the puzzle is in watching other people fail to figure it out after you have.

This is like hating Zelda because anyone can beat it.

gundam470

evilbob wrote: »

gundam470 wrote: »

evilbob wrote: »

You guys do know that the most important rule of the game is that when you know it you're supposed to be a huge douche about it and not help people figure it out yeah?

What's your point?

Stop helping people. The majority of the enjoyment gained from the puzzle is in watching other people fail to figure it out after you have.

Wow, you're quite the ass.

Echo

How do you neurotypicals ever get any thinking done with all that noise in your heads?