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This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. It may be the easiest
to explain but so far, I haven't come up with a good explanation for myself. Give it a try and you with the larger brains, please explain it to us lower thinkers. http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html |
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twice it didn't pick the right symbol. so it didn't work for me. oh yeah I had my brain wave hat
blocker on. duh, silly me.... |
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Spooky, until you realise that all it is doing is forcing your "random"
number choice to be one of only a few specific numbers once you at the two digits and subtract them. Then all those limited numbers have the same symbol in the table. i.e. 11 = 11 - 2 = 9 12 = 12 - 3 = 9 13 = 13 - 4 = 9 14 = 14 - 5 = 9 19 = 19 - 10 = 9 20 = 20 - 2 = 18 21 = 21 - 3 = 18 etc so in the table 9, 18, 27, etc are all the same symbol, which "magically" appears. Simple but fun, especially for kids :-). Very best wishes and clear, dark skies. -- Paul B, York, UK. York Astronomical Society www.yorkastro.co.uk Please buy from the YAS web shop and help YAS raise funds "ilaab" wrote in message . com... This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. It may be the easiest to explain but so far, I haven't come up with a good explanation for myself. Give it a try and you with the larger brains, please explain it to us lower thinkers. http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html |
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"G" wrote in message ... twice it didn't pick the right symbol. so it didn't work for me. oh yeah I had my brain wave hat blocker on. duh, silly me.... The only thing spooky is the witch's cackle while the symbol is displaying. No, I would never think of anything supernatural about this but it is clever as hell. But then again, do brain wave helmets come in blue? Ilaab |
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"Paul Buglass" wrote in message ... Spooky, until you realise that all it is doing is forcing your "random" number choice to be one of only a few specific numbers once you at the two digits and subtract them. Then all those limited numbers have the same symbol in the table. i.e. 11 = 11 - 2 = 9 12 = 12 - 3 = 9 13 = 13 - 4 = 9 14 = 14 - 5 = 9 19 = 19 - 10 = 9 20 = 20 - 2 = 18 21 = 21 - 3 = 18 etc so in the table 9, 18, 27, etc are all the same symbol, which "magically" appears. Simple but fun, especially for kids :-). Very best wishes and clear, dark skies. -- Paul B, York, UK. York Astronomical Society www.yorkastro.co.uk Please buy from the YAS web shop and help YAS raise funds "ilaab" wrote in message . com... This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. It may be the easiest to explain but so far, I haven't come up with a good explanation for myself. Give it a try and you with the larger brains, please explain it to us lower thinkers. http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html Thanks for the explanation. What throws me off is that the answers APPEAR random. Well, I guess I better pick up my 4th grade daughter's math book and start learnin'. Thanks again. Ilaab |
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ilaab wrote:
Thanks for the explanation. What throws me off is that the answers APPEAR random. Well, I guess I better pick up my 4th grade daughter's math book and start learnin'. Thanks again. I guessed the right explanation after the first try and then went back and did it again only to find myself proved wrong! After another try I realized they are also switching the symbols around on every iteration to hide the trick. |
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On 2006-07-19, Anonymous AtWork wrote:
ilaab wrote: Thanks for the explanation. What throws me off is that the answers APPEAR random. Well, I guess I better pick up my 4th grade daughter's math book and start learnin'. Thanks again. I guessed the right explanation after the first try and then went back and did it again only to find myself proved wrong! After another try I realized they are also switching the symbols around on every iteration to hide the trick. A two digit decimal number is 10a+b, a being 1 to 9 and b being 0 to 9. Add the two digits together and you get a+b. Subtract a+b from 10a+b and you get 9a. All the numbers evenly divisible by 9 had the same symbol. Bud |
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"William Hamblen" wrote in message
. .. [snip] A two digit decimal number is 10a+b, a being 1 to 9 and b being 0 to 9. Add the two digits together and you get a+b. Subtract a+b from 10a+b and you get 9a. All the numbers evenly divisible by 9 had the same symbol. Bud Here's a slightly more obscure one, but still easy to figure out: http://misc.virtualcomposer2000.com/DavidCop.pps (PowerPoint file 225 KB) -- Ioannis |
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"ilaab" wrote in message news This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. It may be the easiest to explain but so far, I haven't come up with a good explanation for myself. Give it a try and you with the larger brains, please explain it to us lower thinkers. http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html explanation snipped Thanks for the explanation. What throws me off is that the answers APPEAR random. Well, I guess I better pick up my 4th grade daughter's math book and start learnin'. Thanks again. Ilaab It won't be in a 4th Grade maths book because it's a commonplace trick - what would be educative would be to work out how to use the same effect in Octal base, or in Bse 5 or maybe even in Binary - see the trick and find the pattern behind it! |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:36:59 +0300, "Ioannis"
wrote: "William Hamblen" wrote in message ... [snip] A two digit decimal number is 10a+b, a being 1 to 9 and b being 0 to 9. Add the two digits together and you get a+b. Subtract a+b from 10a+b and you get 9a. All the numbers evenly divisible by 9 had the same symbol. Bud Here's a slightly more obscure one, but still easy to figure out: http://misc.virtualcomposer2000.com/DavidCop.pps (PowerPoint file 225 KB) The trick is, of course, is that none of the first set of cards sppear in the second set. The psychology is that by concentrating on one card you don't remember the others and when the second set of face cards appears you fail to notice that you didn't see any of them before. Bud |
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