this trick has really freaked me out.

strange_one · 12-06-2002, 10:16 AM

http://www.mot.be/english/GuessTool.htm

no shit, you gotta try it, it isn't a quiz or anything. it will freak you out I swear

strange_one · 12-06-2002, 10:17 AM

my friend online tells me he knows how it works, it is probably something really simple, but I can't figure it

DeviousJ · 12-06-2002, 10:32 AM

That's easy - find the tool with your number, then look for the same tool appearing under different numbers. The only important part of the number is the first digit. 22-2-2=18. If you change the second digit, you're only going to end up taking it away again anyway. 21-2-1=18. 24-2-4=18. So what you're basically doing is picking a multiple of 10, and taking the first digit away - any number you add to this multiple ends up disappearing when you subtract it. So all they need to do is have the same tool for 20-2 (18), 30-3(27)...etc And everytime the page refreshes, the tools get mixed around - but these numbers all share the same picture.

severin · 10:39 AM

if you look closely, you will see, that every number where the 2 digits added together are 9 have the same image (apart from 90, but you can't reach that number if you start from a 2 digit one). and this is the image that will show up. Because a two digit number minus the value of each of it's digits always leads to a number whose digits eqal 9...but i don't know why is that.

(x*10+y)-x-y=z
abs(z/10)+(z/10-abs(z/10))*10=9

now i still don't know why it is 9, but i'm sure there's a reason for this

strange_one · 12-06-2002, 10:42 AM

jesus, you're both too immediately intelligent

12-06-2002, 10:16 AM	#1
strange_one No Chance Location: Here Posts: 13,788	this trick has really freaked me out. http://www.mot.be/english/GuessTool.htm no shit, you gotta try it, it isn't a quiz or anything. it will freak you out I swear

12-06-2002, 10:32 AM	#3
DeviousJ CORNFROST Location: GUREITO DESU YO Posts: 24,891	That's easy - find the tool with your number, then look for the same tool appearing under different numbers. The only important part of the number is the first digit. 22-2-2=18. If you change the second digit, you're only going to end up taking it away again anyway. 21-2-1=18. 24-2-4=18. So what you're basically doing is picking a multiple of 10, and taking the first digit away - any number you add to this multiple ends up disappearing when you subtract it. So all they need to do is have the same tool for 20-2 (18), 30-3(27)...etc And everytime the page refreshes, the tools get mixed around - but these numbers all share the same picture. __________________

12-06-2002, 10:36 AM	#4
severin no more than sympathy Location: lying on the floor Posts: 14,826	if you look closely, you will see, that every number where the 2 digits added together are 9 have the same image (apart from 90, but you can't reach that number if you start from a 2 digit one). and this is the image that will show up. Because a two digit number minus the value of each of it's digits always leads to a number whose digits eqal 9...but i don't know why is that. (x10+y)-x-y=z abs(z/10)+(z/10-abs(z/10))10=9 now i still don't know why it is 9, but i'm sure there's a reason for this __________________ i once told a To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. that nothing really ends Last edited by severin : 12-06-2002 at 10:39 AM.

12-06-2002, 10:17 AM	#2
strange_one No Chance Location: Here Posts: 13,788	my friend online tells me he knows how it works, it is probably something really simple, but I can't figure it

12-06-2002, 10:42 AM	#5
strange_one No Chance Location: Here Posts: 13,788	jesus, you're both too immediately intelligent