| Dr Baghead 2085th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):a scary flash!"
, posted Sun 30 Mar 21:13:
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http://mr31238.mr.valuehost.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf
u better see this!
Link doesn't work... (notices the word "psychic" in the adress) this ain't one of those things were you mathematically find a number then click the crystal ball is it?
Update:
Well has the same ending of address as this one: http://www.cyberglass.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf
so if it's not a crystal ball flash, that's what I'm talking about.
And here's how they work! (stolen from Snopes.com!)
Spoiler (Highlight to view) -
How does it work? In our base ten numbering system, the first digit of a two-digit number represents the number of tens, and the second digit represents the number of ones. For example, the number written as '46' is four tens plus six ones, or (4 * 10) + (6 * 1) = 40 + 6 = 46. One way to express that concept symbolically without using specific values is to say that any number written as 'XY' represents (X * 10) + (Y * 1) = 10X + Y. Likewise, when the digits of a two-digit number are added together (e.g., adding the digits of the number 46 yields (4 + 6) = 10), the operation being performed can be represented symbolically as (X + Y). So, when we choose a two-digit number, then add its digits together and subtract the results from the original number, the operation we're performing is:
(10X + Y) - (X + Y) = 9X
The key here is that although the value represented by X is variable, the end result is always a multiple of nine -- if X is 1, our result is 9; if X is 2, our result is 18, if X is three, our result is 27, etc. Looking carefully at the psychic trick's chart of numbers and symbols, we find that every multiple of nine possible as a result of our operation (9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81) is represented by the same symbol! No matter which number we select initially, the numeric manipulations 'force' us into picking a symbol corresponding to a multiple of nine. And since all the multiples of nine are represented by the same symbol, we're likewise 'forced' into selecting one specific symbol -- the symbol that the crystal ball 'magically' identifies as ours. The table of symbols changes each time we invoke the program, but the same symbol is always used for every multiple of nine, thereby 'forcing' the result.
End of Spoiler
That's part of a larger article but since direct linking isn't possible I cut out the good stuff (search for "On-line Psychic" to read the rest)
[this message was edited by Dr Baghead on Sun 30 Mar 21:21] |
"Re(2):a scary flash!" 