Mildly entertaining mindreading web page

TheTROLL · #1 01-15-2006, 08:36 AM

Took me a few minutes to work out what was going on here, but then I'm not too bright...

http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/ar...sh/psychic.swf

Lazy Meatball · #2 01-15-2006, 08:43 AM

this has been posted before, and it's pretty embarrassing to admit that you couldn't figure out "the trick" at first.

Paul B. · #3 01-15-2006, 08:51 AM

Holy [censored]. how's this work?

Edit: Ohhhhh.. okay, pretty damn clever.

DrunkHamster · #4 01-15-2006, 09:42 AM

Ok how the hell does this work?

Edit: Damn now I get it

Slider · #5 01-15-2006, 11:19 AM

If you pick the same number twice it doesn't work.

man · #6 01-15-2006, 11:48 AM

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If you pick the same number twice it doesn't work.

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of course it does, it's a mind reading machine. it's you that must be mistaken.

TimM · #7 01-15-2006, 12:05 PM

It doesn't work for people who are bad at math.

AncientPC · #8 01-15-2006, 03:03 PM

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If you pick the same number twice it doesn't work.

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It doesn't work for people who are bad at math.

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SixT4 · #9 01-15-2006, 03:50 PM

That freaked me out at first until I realised that the symbol/number combination changed each time (and that no matter what number you picked the same symbol would be chosen.)