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zerocopy
August 10th, 2003, 23:43
theres another version of this where the great magician david copperfield holds a set of cards and he'll magically guess what you picked, anyone know the link for that?

http://mr-31238.mr.valuehost.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf
DarkAurora
August 10th, 2003, 23:46
It was close but it got my number wrong. My final number was 61 but it showed me the symbol for 60.
Tori-Yama
August 10th, 2003, 23:49
same here
zerocopy
August 10th, 2003, 23:54
you guys are probably poor at math
didamangi
August 11th, 2003, 00:00
Nah, it guess all of my answers.
Pretty cool math flash.
Clements
August 11th, 2003, 00:04
Jesus Christ this is freaking me out! It gets me every single time. Thanks for the link :)
Neojag
August 11th, 2003, 00:26
Sorry do "de-mistify" that but it's just math :P
Notice that the symbols change with each refresh, making only one symbol possible per round.
Napro
August 11th, 2003, 00:37
it doesnt work for me...
its alwayz wrong
Proto
August 11th, 2003, 01:02
It works like this if you wanna know

The formula for obtaining the 'magical' number in algebra terms goes like this 10a + b (the number you chose) minus a + b (the sum of the digits)
so we get 9a, which is always a multiple of nine. If you check every multiple of 9 have the same symbol
zerocopy
August 11th, 2003, 02:42
exactly protoman
Boltzmann
August 11th, 2003, 03:15
It's ingenious, at least. Good to catch unaware people :)
zerocopy
August 11th, 2003, 03:17
to those who are getting wrong answers use a calculator
zanel
August 11th, 2003, 03:33
instead of using complicated algebra and tryin to be a smartass .. ill explain it easily:

whatever #63's sign is .. thats what the orb will show.




nice psychic ?
Proto
August 11th, 2003, 03:39
whatever #63's sign is .. thats what the orb will show.

*cough* multiples of 9 *cough*

difficult algebra? its just a damn linear equation...
zanel
August 11th, 2003, 03:43
there are some numbers not being the multiple of 9 and still have the sign .. so stop coughin
Proto
August 11th, 2003, 04:53
They are just coincidence caused by the random fillup of the squares.

If you don't believe me then show me a number that, after being applied the operations that the page tells you, doesn't result in a multiple of 9
Boltzmann
August 11th, 2003, 05:01
ProtoMan is correct. Just check all the multiples of 9 and you'll see that they have the same symbol.
All other instances of this symbol are merely coincidences.

BTW, it's quite obvious and there's no difficult math involved, as some people are trying to imply.
ToM_E
August 11th, 2003, 09:08
Whoa...this is crazy...100% accuracy...
SnakeBite
August 11th, 2003, 12:58
omfg! it works! this can't be right...

[edit] yeah, it seems all the numbers you get are multiplies of 9.. but they have different symbols, and it gets right every time, but why??
SnakeBite
August 11th, 2003, 13:18
heh... now I got how this works... EVERY number divisible by 9 has the same symbol. and the symbols changes every time you click the 'try again' button, but still, all the symbols beside the numbers divisible by 9 is the same. I tried using the same number, and got a different symbol.
DarkAurora
August 11th, 2003, 15:17
Woah, I did it again and it got mine right. Freaky. oO

Edit: I did it again two more times and it still got mine right both times. I don't understand how it keeps guessing the right symbol.
Sir Key
August 11th, 2003, 20:37
DarkAurora just look at the numbers
9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72 and 81
they all got the same symbol and it's always exactly THAT symbol that is shown in the crystal ball... now let's say you take:

10: 1+0 = 1
10-1 = 9 !

11: 1+1 = 2
11-2 = 9!

12: 1+2 = 3
12-3 = 9!

doesn't matter wich number you take it will always be a mupltiple of 9

20: 2+0 = 2
20-2 = 18!

21: 2+1 = 3
21-3 = 18!

and so on... hope you got it now ^^
Razor Blade
August 11th, 2003, 20:41
I got 72. SAnd it said 20! LOL. Uh I think its all just luck ... :p

edit: OMG! I forgot to concentrate. And when I did it got the answer ever time! :p
_E_
August 11th, 2003, 20:54
Whoever wrote this script must be a smart person :D,

Yours,
-Elly
Proto
August 11th, 2003, 21:17
its all algebra... just represent the operation they give you as a linear equation and youll find it -_-
Kraelis
August 12th, 2003, 04:44
Whoever wrote this script must be a smart person :D,

Yours,
-Elly

Noty really... It's based on a really old mathematical curiosity. I have several kiddie magic books capitalizing on that trick for card prediction.
DarkAurora
August 13th, 2003, 01:31
I didn't notice that the symbols changed every time. Now I understand how it always gets your prediction right.