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"The Flash Mind Reader" - Will Someone Check This Out and Explain How In The Heck It Works?!?!
Website ^ | March 7, 2003 | Andy Naughton

Posted on 03/07/2003 11:12:30 AM PST by GreatOne

This will blow your mind. Go to the website by clicking on the link above. Pick a 2-digit number, then add it. Take the sum, then subtract from the original 2-digit number, then look at the symbol associated with the number (i.e., if you choose "23", 2+3=5. 23-5=18. Look for the symbol associated with "18"). Then click on the crystal ball. The symbol associated with the number will appear. Kind of freaks one out.


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I tried it 7 times, and my secretary twice. All 9 times the symbol associated with the number popped up. How does this work? Anyone?
1 posted on 03/07/2003 11:12:30 AM PST by GreatOne
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To: GreatOne
The symbols associated with the number change every time - the answers are predetermined.
2 posted on 03/07/2003 11:13:37 AM PST by JmyBryan
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To: JmyBryan
the math formula forces you to pick a multiple of 7. they symbols change every time, but the symbols for multiples of 7 are the same in any given roll.
3 posted on 03/07/2003 11:15:57 AM PST by Anotherpundit
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To: JmyBryan
A mathematical anomaly is that when you add the digits of a two digit number
together and subtract from your original two digit number you end up with a
number that is a multiple of 9. If you look at the spooky and all knowing
chart you will see that the numbers 9, 18, 27, 36 .... all have the same
symbol and that is the symbol that will invariably come up every time.

4 posted on 03/07/2003 11:16:45 AM PST by GNJ
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To: JmyBryan
But how? I choose random numbers, didn't click or type anything, and out of the multiple symbols listed, the exact one came up. Or are you saying no matter what numbers I came up with, the symbol would be the same?
5 posted on 03/07/2003 11:18:37 AM PST by GreatOne
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To: GreatOne
A friend sent this to me last week.

The sum of any of the numbers listed will always equal one of the numbers that coodinates with a symbol. Therefore, there are only a limited amount of answers. Look at the sequence of the numbers it is a dead give-away.
6 posted on 03/07/2003 11:19:08 AM PST by all4one
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To: GreatOne
Easy:

(10A + B)- (A + B) = 9A

for 23 = (10*2 + 3) - (2 + 3) = 18 or 9*2

Take a look at all the factors of 9 in the list and they are all the same symbol--'Magically' the symbol that is displayed at the end...

7 posted on 03/07/2003 11:19:22 AM PST by Cogadh na Sith (The Guns of Brixton)
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Aahh! What a dope I am. Still, kind of neat website. Thanks to you both.
8 posted on 03/07/2003 11:19:58 AM PST by GreatOne
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To: Thornwell Simons
It's a factor of 9.
9 posted on 03/07/2003 11:20:04 AM PST by Cogadh na Sith (The Guns of Brixton)
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To: GreatOne
It did not work for me, nor did it work consistently. The symbols do change. But its a cool site nonetheless.
10 posted on 03/07/2003 11:20:05 AM PST by Adder
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To: GreatOne
If you take any number between 11-20 or 71-80 etc. and follow the formula you always get the same answer, for ex., 81 - 9 = 84 - 12 = 72. The symbol is the same for all the "right" answers and everytime you refresh the symbol changes. Seen a simliar trick done with cards before I think.
11 posted on 03/07/2003 11:21:20 AM PST by Catphish
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To: GreatOne
A little algebra:
Any two digit number can be expressed in the following form - (10 * x) + y - where x is the first digit and y is the 2nd. If you subtract the sum of the digits, you get an extended form - (10x + y) - (x + y), which simplifies to 9x. If you try it, you'll discover that any two digit number, minus the sum of the digits, results in a multiple of 9. Now go look at the symbol chart - all of the multiples of 9 have the same symbol. They change the symbols every time you refresh the screen, but the 9 multiples (9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72 and 81) all have the same symbol...
12 posted on 03/07/2003 11:23:09 AM PST by Lyford
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To: JmyBryan
I saw that.. but how are they pre-determined?
13 posted on 03/07/2003 11:27:59 AM PST by tje
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Reply #4 answers this - but here is a little more detailed proof:

Lets say you pick a number AB, then your final number is (Ax10 + B) - (A+B) = A(10-1) + B - B = A x 9. So, regardless what number you chose, your final number is always a number of 9x.
14 posted on 03/07/2003 11:34:04 AM PST by JmyBryan
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To: JmyBryan
thanks!
15 posted on 03/07/2003 11:43:50 AM PST by tje
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To: Adder
It did not work for me, nor did it work consistently.

Then if you really are an ADDER, you must not be a very good SUBTRACTOR. Because if you add and subtract correctly it will work every time.

16 posted on 03/07/2003 11:52:13 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
LOL...possibly very true.
17 posted on 03/07/2003 11:59:17 AM PST by Adder
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To: GreatOne
I also wondered how this could be. Thanks for asking the question. Now we know!
18 posted on 03/07/2003 12:33:24 PM PST by girlscout
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To: GreatOne
Stick with your secretary -- 'probably much more enjoyable...
19 posted on 03/07/2003 12:57:46 PM PST by mikrofon (Pax Americana)
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To: chookter
yeah, you're right. Saw that site about two weeks ago and forgot slightly.
20 posted on 03/07/2003 1:56:03 PM PST by Anotherpundit
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