Topic awaiting preservation: OK, this just scares me...

It's worked 6 times in a row now.
http://www.cyberglass.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf

EDIT: NOOO! This can't work as reliably as it does! It can't I tell you!

*runs off screaming*


[This message has been edited by krets (edited 02-19-2003).]

*Huuuuuuuummm*
~reads krets mind~

*eek!*

~falls into coma~

edit: Ok I thought this one of those tricky scary monster things.
But it had me two times in a row now... indead scary!

[This message has been edited by OlssonE (edited 02-19-2003).]

LOL - that had me freaked out for a while (you won't believe the lengths I went to). It got 15 out of 15.

++++++++++++++SPOILER+++++++++++++++++++++++++

The trick is that each set of ten gives the same number:

99-90 -> 81
89-80 -> 72
79-70 -> 63
etc.

and if you check those numbers all have the same symbol

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+++++++++++++++ More Spoiler ++++++++++++++++++

spoiler removed for krets sake



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 02-19-2003).]

[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 02-19-2003).]

Shhhhhh! Bastards!

It's really apparent what's going on when you show it to you have two people do it at the same time.

0 of 3.

then your math is wrong.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 02-19-2003).]

It took me twice to realize what it was doing. That's pretty cool .

It got it wrong almost every time for me as well.

and my math is not wrong.

9+0 = 9...9 - 9 = 0

Never gave the right symbol for 0

Skarjj: it's working for me with zero.

This is a clever little thing =)

Skarrj, that would mean you chose 90. 90 - 9 = 81.

Listen it's math it's never going to be wrong. You can't hit the button and go back though, the symbols will change.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

skaarj -

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subtract the total from your original number

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or, if you're by chance trying to use the number '9' by way of '09', then -

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choose any two digit number

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9, even if you add a 0 in front, is still not a two digit number

Funny thing DL, is that it still works. 09 would be 0 - 9 = -9, then 9 - -9 = 18.

hehe

bad explanation here



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[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 02-19-2003).]

Whoops...my bad.

that was pretty weird. It was wrong on me once but the rest were right on.

Although another possible explanation for it not working with Skaarj and Morgan R. might be that since it's a mind reader ... uhm, it won't work with everyone.


edit: and i have no idea why my ubb ain't working


[This message has been edited by phyreHazard (edited 02-19-2003).]

Worked for me EVERYTIME...but I dont get it how the symbols change in correspondence to the numbers and it always seems to show the right symbol.

"You don't know how paralysing that is, that stare of a blank canvas, which says to the painter: you can't do a thing." - Vincent Van Gogh

It's easy, really. As Emperor (and others) pointed out above, it will always be one of a certain set of numbers. The program just makes sure that each of those numbers has the same symbol everytime.

Thanks.....

HA! i just got it!! man, that really strained the 2 brain cells that i have....i'm suprised the friction from them rubbin together for so long didn't start a fire!
now that i know how it works it's very cool (before i knew how it worked it was mystical lol)

wierd

I was like, hey i am too smart for this!

So I clicked the button first and i got a snow flake...

then I do the number thing and hey... its a snow flake.

How did it know the future? eh?

                                   

it's magic


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The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

Didn't work for me.

=(

Interesting...


WebShaman

The funny part about this game is that I read somewhere where this was only working half of the time for some people. They need to take a rudimentary math course.


<edit>On further reflection, bitdamaged already explained why this works. It's still funny when someone doesn't get it to work.</edit>


[This message has been edited by St. Seneca (edited 02-19-2003).]

No kidding guys, come on.

If it doesn't work for you, you're not doing your math right. Buy a calculator.

Ini - I think you're missing it still....

It failed for skaarj because he was doing it incorrectly.

Adding the two digits of a two digit number and subtracting the total from the origianl comes up with a finite number of results.

Each of those results has the same symbol each time you load the movie, but the symbol itself changes each time...so it looks like it's picking your answer each time, when in fact it is only spitting out the chosen symbol.

As Emperor, Bitdamaged and Suho have been trying to explain....

=)

Yes, Seneca, it is scary indeed....

{{edit - krets - I swear your post wasn't there when I posted....and iI know it didn't take me *that* long to post....oh well =)




[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 02-19-2003).]

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And all the failures went to Skaarjj.

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hehehehe...


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DL, look at your post times, Krets is 5:56 and yours is 5:52 strange...

Ummm, that's 5:26 for me and 5:52 for him.

ok here is the proof, i marked the changed numbers. Looking familiar?

ok now try this tric: get a number which could be divided by 3 eg 27 account the digits 2+7 = another number which could be divided by 3 is the answer. Always. I tried with over 6 digit numbers....

<edit-on> oops mistake...the number 90 is not correct...<edit-off>
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[This message has been edited by Rinswind 2th (edited 02-20-2003).]

You can never end up with a number over 81



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It was cool the first time(I decided not to anaylize it yet) , but the trick was soon discovered. Funny thing is, some people might never know whats going on(the number is probably quite large and scary).

*Points at Skaarjj and laughs*

"You don't know how paralysing that is, that stare of a blank canvas, which says to the painter: you can't do a thing." - Vincent Van Gogh

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

The math always create a multiple of 9, what's not to get?

St. Seneca: Clearly quite a lot.

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Lets be clear about this:

If it isn't predicting the number you are thinking of then you aren't some ascended genius who the machine can't read and/or that aluminium foil hat doesn't work. What it does mean is:

1. You cannot follow the most simple and basic instructions and/or

2. You cannot perform some very simple mathematics.

Personally I'd keep very quiet about it (not that I'm hiding anything, of course).

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FAQs: Emperor

No, if it gets it wrong, it just means that tin-foil hat really worked

DL-44: Ahhhhh but it doesn't - I tried that before I figured it out. Other techniques I employed:

1. Not looking at the screen when I pressed the button.

2. Not looking at the screen until I had worked out my number.

3. Harrassing an unwilling helper into shouting numbers from the street (I figured it out before I started phoning people asking for numbers).

4. Standing on my chair.

5. Training my dog to press the button.

6. Turning my monitor upside down.

7. Taking peyote to confuse the machine.

8. Putting buttered toast in my CD drive (I didn't do this deliberately but things got a bit hectic).

9. Standing in the shower shouting the answers to my dog.

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

***Spoiler***

It works EVERY time when you put your pointer on the first two digit number you selectedand then click on the ball.
For example, if you choosed 90, then put your pointer on this symbol then click on the ball, the symbol will match with the 81. (Am I clear ? )

Silence is another speech. -Me

I am blinded by your brilliance.

MW:

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Am I clear ?

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More to the point are you serious?

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FAQs: Emperor

God save us.
(this is surely one of the signs of the apocalypse, right?)

Ohh Krets do not be sooooooooooo sarcastic with a feeble French

[edit] Emperor, I didn't know if my sentence was understandable for you [/edit]

Silence is another speech. -Me

[This message has been edited by Moon Shadow (edited 02-20-2003).]

yeah...it was 'understandable' in that sense.

Howver, the question is, are yo actually serious, in that you think holding your mouse in a certain spot actually effects the outcome??

I for one, cannot believe that this thread has gone on for this long (and here I am perpetuating the horror)...

it's like driving by a car wreck suho...no matter your thoughts on it, you can't help but slow down to look....

Oh, then you won't mind if I give this thread a bump It's a pretty cool little toy and reminds me of the card trick one where they ask you to think of a card that they remove from a set and then take away that one, but in fact they took away every card from the original group, you just don't notice.

I'm speeding up the car now that I've had a good peek at the fender bender.

Moon Shadow...ur sig is kewl

whew, am i slow? i finally saw why multiples of 9 are significant..