Petals Around the Rose

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pwarren4
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Petals Around the Rose

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Check this out: http://www.borrett.id.au/computing/petals-j.htm It's an amazing game / puzzle, if you fiqure it out - DON"T GIVE OUT THE ANSWER!!!There is also a fun article at the site about haow Bill Gates reacted to this and a history of how it was a part of computer development in the late 70's.
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Re: Petals Around the Rose (pwarren4)

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man!! warn us if there is music on the site!!!
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Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »man!! warn us if there is music on the site!!! OOPS! - Sorry, music at that site is lame too!
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Re: Petals Around the Rose (pwarren4)

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A nice 10min diversion.If it took Gates so long, no wonder his software has so many issues....
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Re: Petals Around the Rose (GMJAP)

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It took me my entire lunch hour to figure this one out! It's so obvious now that I know what it is.EDIT:There is actually more than one way to solve this puzzle. One is obvious, and the other requires a little thinking.
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i havent solved it yet but i am gonna keep plugging .
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Post by AJ_'04 Vibe »

That's cool. Took me ~10 minutes.
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