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11-09-2002, 08:49 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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how do they do this ?
this is one of those sort of tricks with numbers that magicians use .. but how is it actually done ?
I can't work it out
http://www.mot.be/dutch/GuessTool.htm
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11-09-2002, 09:04 AM #2Web Hosting God
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I want to know too.
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11-09-2002, 09:15 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Wow, that's pretty cool
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11-09-2002, 09:23 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Actually it's not that hard to see whats going on. Simple maths
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11-09-2002, 09:26 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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what simple maths ?
tell me, tell me, it's getting to me
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11-09-2002, 09:28 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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He's a wizzard.
I'ts magic
doh!
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11-09-2002, 09:37 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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It's all maths use the brain!
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11-09-2002, 09:43 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Cummon Darth, spill the beans my friend. This one is killing me.
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11-09-2002, 09:44 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-19 will result in 9
20-29 will result in 18
30-39 will result in 27
40-49 will result in 36
etc
Which are all multiples of 9... and they all have the same image.Binasys Ltd
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11-09-2002, 09:47 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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That still doesn't explain it for me, sorry.
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11-09-2002, 09:52 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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Whatver number you choose, the result from the sum will always be a multiple of 9...so all multiples of 9 have the same image.
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11-09-2002, 09:56 AM #12Disabled
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For example, you choose the number: 10. Then you do the subtraction: 10 - 1 - 0 = 9. Take the number 11 for example, 11 - 1 - 1 = 9. All the numbers from 10 to 19 will result as an answer of 9.
All the numbers from 20-29 will result as an answer of 18, etc.
The numbers 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, etc. are multiples of 9. If you look on the page with all the images of the tools, #9, 18, 27, etc. all have the same image.
Got it?
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11-09-2002, 09:58 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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hmmm, no wonder I dropped out of mathematics
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11-09-2002, 09:59 AM #14Web Hosting Guru
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Confusing at first... Thanks progex!
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11-09-2002, 10:01 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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ah of course
that magic number 9
thanks
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11-09-2002, 10:02 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Yes thank you, that was doing my head in.
The fact that the images change each time you re-load the page, that's what sucked me in to thinking it was different each time.Web Hosting since 1999
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Nor me, i've had different images. I've used 59,12, 58 - all have different images.
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11-09-2002, 10:05 AM #18Disabled
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Hrm, the first few times I tried it, the second image corresponded to the image I picked.
However, after doing it several times after, some of the images didn't correspond.
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11-09-2002, 03:54 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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They randomize the tools each time so you won't easily figure out the secret. However, this IS a multiples-of-nine trick. Every time you load the page new, the tools pictures in all the multiples of nine are the same. Check the tool in 9, 18, 27, etc to see.
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11-09-2002, 03:56 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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Math and Common Sense. = Possibilities?