Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: pecenipicek on August 15, 2006, 06:00:44 pm
Title: Wizardry...
Post by: pecenipicek on August 15, 2006, 06:00:44 pm
http://www.milaadesign.com/number.html
can anyone explain this to me? how the **** does it guess the number every time?
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Shade on August 15, 2006, 06:06:06 pm
What the hell... that's creepy. Every bloody time. No interaction for it to work from either.
[Edit] One thing I did notice now is the symbols are not unique, but appear several times and in a specific pattern every time. So it's just math making sure that the possible outcomes match the right symbol... but still, it's creepy :p
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: pecenipicek on August 15, 2006, 06:08:05 pm
yes, its freaking out both me and my gf...
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Shade on August 15, 2006, 06:13:26 pm
Ok, got it. Try checking which location the symbol it displays are found. It's the same every time. The math bit on the prior page is simply the means to reduce the number possible outcomes to the point where it's not obvious that you're covering them all every time. No magic :(
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: pecenipicek on August 15, 2006, 06:16:22 pm
i still dont get it.
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Shade on August 15, 2006, 06:20:47 pm
Ok, here's the thing:
It doesn't just ask you to pick a number, it asks you to pick a 2 digit number, add the two digits together, then subtract them from the original number. Think about it for a sec. What is 11-2? 9. 12-3? 9. 13-4? 9... see where this is going? It goes from 90 possible outcomes from a 2 digit number before the math bit, to 9 possible outcomes after. And all these 9 are covered by the same symbol, meaning a 100% success rate.
See now?
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: pecenipicek on August 15, 2006, 06:24:58 pm
hmmm... interesting...
it still confusing me a wee bit, but thats more cause i need to translate that stuff properly in my head.
i'll get it in about... 15 minutes:p
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Shade on August 15, 2006, 06:30:41 pm
The do hide it well by randomizing the symbol it displays between runs, which threw me off for about a minute at first. But the thing to notice is that while the symbol changes, the pattern is exactly the same every time. Try this - Think of the number 40, so 40-4 makes 36, and see what symbol you get... the one at 36, right? Then think of the number 99, 99-18 makes 81, and that will indeed show up.
But now try comparing the symbol displayed at 36 with the one at 81, and you'll see :) In fact, try comparing with the symbols at any number divisable by 9... they're all identical, and those numbers are the only possible outcomes from the math bit on the prior page.
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Edward Bradshaw on August 15, 2006, 07:45:52 pm
Test it out simply by using the same number again and again. Then try another number, try that a few times. Pattern starts to emerge! Suddenly it doesnt look so amazing anymore. :) But I was definitely like WTF when I first did it.
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: pecenipicek on August 15, 2006, 07:59:04 pm
i got it now, thanks, i was trying to figure it out myself truth to be told :D
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Polpolion on August 15, 2006, 08:16:54 pm
I picked .23 and it got it wrong. In fact, they didn't even have a symbol for -4.77! And they never said the number had to be a positive integer. Just two digits.
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Wobble73 on August 16, 2006, 05:27:31 am
I've seen something similar before, take the last two digits from the year you were born, now add them to your age, the result
if you've had your birthday already this year it will will 106, if not it will be 105
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 16, 2006, 05:57:07 am
19 & 24 doesn't equal 105 or 106....
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Shade on August 16, 2006, 05:59:16 am
If 19 makes up the last two digits of your birthyear, you're a lot older than 24 :p
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 16, 2006, 06:02:45 am
1982 - 82 = 19...........
Gimme a proper example.......
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Col. Fishguts on August 16, 2006, 06:08:50 am
82 + your age = 105 or 106 , depending when your birthday is.
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Herra Tohtori on August 16, 2006, 06:14:19 am
A digit is a symbol used in numeral system... These symbols are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Combinations of the digits represent numbers that are bigger (or more negative!) than 9, or are not integers.
It's as simple as this - a digit is to numbers what a letter is to words.
Last two digits of 1982 are 8 and 2. So it would be 82, and if you are 24, that adds up to 106.
Of course, this doesn't work if you are more than 105 years old.
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 16, 2006, 06:18:33 am
Thats not magic, thats just numerical slight of hand. ::)
You may as well say half your age, Now double it.... AMAZING !!## Thats how old you are :D
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Wobble73 on August 16, 2006, 06:20:17 am
And numerical slight of hand is what this thread is about, isn't it, just like the site the link in the original post does!
And what is magic anyway if not slight of hand?
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 16, 2006, 06:24:53 am
I'm not knocking it lol, Magic is illusion, creating the impossible using possible means. Actually any tricks people know, this is a good place to add. Carry on Wobbs
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Wobble73 on August 16, 2006, 06:27:32 am
Not a trick exactly, more of a riddle for you.
101010=950
Add 1 line and 1 dot to make this statement true!
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: IPAndrews on August 16, 2006, 06:36:19 am
Funny. I knew how that Wizardry thing worked but it still creeped me out :)
Title: Re: Wizardry...
Post by: Wobble73 on August 16, 2006, 09:55:13 am