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See if you can figure out how they do it!! πŸ™‚

This is kinda creepy..I tried it five times!

You have got to try this, it will make the hair on your arms rise!
This is spooky!!!!
At first I thought it was because I moved the mouse, but, I did it again
without moving the mouse, then again without even touching the mouse and
it worked.
Give it a try...it IS a trip! Link:
http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html

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Originally posted by Slick Johnson
See if you can figure out how they do it!! πŸ™‚

This is kinda creepy..I tried it five times!

You have got to try this, it will make the hair on your arms rise!
This is spooky!!!!
At first I thought it was because I moved the mouse, but, I did it again
without moving the mouse, then again without even touching the mouse and
it worked.
Give it a try...it IS a trip! Link:
http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html
It took tree attemps to 'guess' mine right!

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Interesting. Worked each time for me too. I closed it, decided on 3 random numbers and opened it again...... it still worked. I then didn't think of a number and just stared at a random pattern - it brought up a different pattern... so that's the way to go to figure out how it's done! πŸ˜‰

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What was the final number you got? Was it a multiple of 9 by any chance? Each time, the multiples of 9 have the same symbol.

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Originally posted by Pawn Qween
What was the final number you got? Was it a multiple of 9 by any chance? Each time, the multiples of 9 have the same symbol.
Exactly! The smallest two-digit number you could select = 10. Ten minus 1+0 (which equals 1) is 9 (the first possible solution). If you choose 11 as your two-digit number, the initial number is one higher, but so is one of the digits, resulting in the same solution. This continues until you reach 20, when the process simply re-iterates. (Every time you reach another number ending in 0, the sequence restarts.)

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10 - 1 = 9
11 - 2 = 9
12 -3 = 9
13 - 4 =9
14- 5 =9
15 -6 = 9
16 - 7 = 9
17 - 8 = 9
18 - 9 = 9
19 - 10 = 9

20 - 2 = 18
21 - 3 = 18
...etc

30 - 3 = 27
31 - 4 = 27
...etc, etc


Note how all those numbers are multiples of 9, then you may also note that the symbols that are the multiples of 9 repeat over every 9th symbol, the rest of the symbols are shuffled around.

Simple really.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Simple really.
yes but PQ and Mathurine beat ya to it!

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Originally posted by yo its me
yes but PQ and Mathurine beat ya to it!
Mine is better illustrated.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Mine is better illustrated.
Yes it is.
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Originally posted by yo its me
Yes it is.
πŸ™‚
😏

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Nope, didn't work for me, tried 6 times, different numbers every time, and giving up now.

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It appears to be true that 9 is the result of this operation for any whole number of any size, no matter how large. Is there a mathematical proof of that?

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OK, I think I've sussed how they do it:

Because it recognizes your unique IP address when you try the first time, it knows when to give a particular sign which is connected to a number divisible by 9. But if you start, then close the window and then start again, it doesn't give the right sign because it thinks that you're on your second try, not the first. In that case, it gives the sign that you'd have seen if it was your second complete try.

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Mine is better illustrated.
I didn't think anybody would need that amount of illustration as we all should be out of junior school if we are users of this site πŸ˜›

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Originally posted by Pawn Qween
I didn't think anybody would need that amount of illustration as we all should be out of junior school if we are users of this site πŸ˜›
Some people are just big idiots and need it.