Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, June 15, 2008
MAGIC
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
You write a prediction on a slate and cover it with a handkerchief. You then pass out a pad of paper to a spectator and ask him to write a four digit number on the pad. Two other spectators each write a four digit number under the first. Have a fourth spectator add them together and announce the result. The slate is uncovered and there on the slate is the answer.
Use a pad about 5 by 7 inches with a cover. The pad should open at the narrow edge (top). On the first page write down a four digit number, and under this two more four digit numbers just as if they were to be added together. When writing your figures, try and make them look as if they were written by different people. Draw a line under the row of figures so they may be added together. On another sheet of paper add these figures. Do not write them on the first page, but memorize the total, or write it very faintly on the slate. Fold back the cover and first page of the pad (with the figures) so that the second (blank) page is in view.
To start the trick, show the slate and appear to concentrate. Write down the total of the figures you wrote on page one, on the slate, so that no one can see them. Cover the slate with a handkerchief and give it to someone to hold, or stand it up in plain view.
Go to one of the spectators and ask him to write a four digit number on the pad Hold the cover and first page down along the back of the pad so that he writes on the second page. Repeat this with two more spectators from different parts of the room so that you are walking about quite a bit. Ask the third person who writes down figures to draw a line under the column of figures so that they may be added.
Now walk to the other side of the audience, and as you do so, fold the top page over onto the pad, so that your figures are on top. As you do this, tear out your page, close the cover of the pad, and ask a spectator to add the figures. Give him the pad to rest the sheet of paper on. Ask him to announce the result after he has added the figures. Have the first spectator, who is holding the slate, uncover it and read what is written on it. The totals will agree.
PREDICTION
You are able to predict the total of some numbers you could not have known at the beginning of the trick. You will need an "assistant" or "stooge" for this one, but it is worth letting someone in on this, because of the result of the trick. Explain the trick to him in advance so he will know what he needs to do.
On a small piece of paper, write down your prediction. Any four digit number over 6,000 will do. Fold your prediction, and place it in a sealed envelope which will be in view of the audience all through the trick. During the trick, ask a spectator the year in which he was born. Suppose he says 1920. Write this on a large slate. Ask another spectator to name a date that is important historically such as: 1914. Write this below the first figure. Ask another spectator what year was important in his life. Suppose he says 1941. Write that down under the other figures. Stress to the audience that there is no possible way for you to know the dates these people would choose. Now tell them to make it more difficult you will have another number added, about which you know nothing and which you will not see. Go to your "assistant" and hand him the slate, and tell him to write any number under the three others and add them all together. When he has finished, ask him to read the total aloud. Ask someone to open the envelope you placed on your table before the start of the show, and to read what it says. It will have the same total as the one just read.
Now for a little more explanation. Your assistant must know the total you have predicted. He must add a number which will give the total you have predicted. In other words, he holds a slate that shows the following:
1920 (Year of birth)
1914 (Historical year)
1941 (Year of importance)
--- (The number he must add)
-----------------------------------------
= 8477 (Your prediction)
He must add 2702 to make the correct total. This is a very clever trick, and don't pass it up because it requires a secret assistant. The effect on the audience is what counts, not how simple a trick may seem to you.
You write a prediction on a slate and cover it with a handkerchief. You then pass out a pad of paper to a spectator and ask him to write a four digit number on the pad. Two other spectators each write a four digit number under the first. Have a fourth spectator add them together and announce the result. The slate is uncovered and there on the slate is the answer.
Use a pad about 5 by 7 inches with a cover. The pad should open at the narrow edge (top). On the first page write down a four digit number, and under this two more four digit numbers just as if they were to be added together. When writing your figures, try and make them look as if they were written by different people. Draw a line under the row of figures so they may be added together. On another sheet of paper add these figures. Do not write them on the first page, but memorize the total, or write it very faintly on the slate. Fold back the cover and first page of the pad (with the figures) so that the second (blank) page is in view.
To start the trick, show the slate and appear to concentrate. Write down the total of the figures you wrote on page one, on the slate, so that no one can see them. Cover the slate with a handkerchief and give it to someone to hold, or stand it up in plain view.
Go to one of the spectators and ask him to write a four digit number on the pad Hold the cover and first page down along the back of the pad so that he writes on the second page. Repeat this with two more spectators from different parts of the room so that you are walking about quite a bit. Ask the third person who writes down figures to draw a line under the column of figures so that they may be added.
Now walk to the other side of the audience, and as you do so, fold the top page over onto the pad, so that your figures are on top. As you do this, tear out your page, close the cover of the pad, and ask a spectator to add the figures. Give him the pad to rest the sheet of paper on. Ask him to announce the result after he has added the figures. Have the first spectator, who is holding the slate, uncover it and read what is written on it. The totals will agree.
PREDICTION
You are able to predict the total of some numbers you could not have known at the beginning of the trick. You will need an "assistant" or "stooge" for this one, but it is worth letting someone in on this, because of the result of the trick. Explain the trick to him in advance so he will know what he needs to do.
On a small piece of paper, write down your prediction. Any four digit number over 6,000 will do. Fold your prediction, and place it in a sealed envelope which will be in view of the audience all through the trick. During the trick, ask a spectator the year in which he was born. Suppose he says 1920. Write this on a large slate. Ask another spectator to name a date that is important historically such as: 1914. Write this below the first figure. Ask another spectator what year was important in his life. Suppose he says 1941. Write that down under the other figures. Stress to the audience that there is no possible way for you to know the dates these people would choose. Now tell them to make it more difficult you will have another number added, about which you know nothing and which you will not see. Go to your "assistant" and hand him the slate, and tell him to write any number under the three others and add them all together. When he has finished, ask him to read the total aloud. Ask someone to open the envelope you placed on your table before the start of the show, and to read what it says. It will have the same total as the one just read.
Now for a little more explanation. Your assistant must know the total you have predicted. He must add a number which will give the total you have predicted. In other words, he holds a slate that shows the following:
1920 (Year of birth)
1914 (Historical year)
1941 (Year of importance)
--- (The number he must add)
-----------------------------------------
= 8477 (Your prediction)
He must add 2702 to make the correct total. This is a very clever trick, and don't pass it up because it requires a secret assistant. The effect on the audience is what counts, not how simple a trick may seem to you.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
- If you lost/forgot your MMC card password, do the following:
Use any file manager application like for example Seleq or FileExplorer. Go to C:\system\ folder and locate a file called mmcStore. Send this file to your computer and once it is on your PC, change its extension to .txt. Now you can open the file in e.g. Windows Notepad - it contains your password.
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