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Moose Poodoo

by: The Dark Moose

date posted: Jul 18, 2006 11:02 AM | updated: Jul 18, 2006 3:50 PM

Moose Mind Trick

If you've never seen this before, this might freak you out a little.

If you have seen it before, shyush and let folks marvel at the amazing telepathic photosensitive capabilities of computer screens.

The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural...

Or not.

I know how it works. Oh yes - I know your sly little tricks you magicians of the IP realm. Of course it took me 12 tries to figure it out, though... after doing everything from "blind" control experiments (meaning covering my screen with a folder so that the mind rays couldn't get to me or read my eye movements) to purposefully picking random numbers from phone numbers on my caller ID to getting the math wrong on purpose.

It seriously creepified one of my web developers, and he's a 43 year old ...did I mention he's a web software developer?

The first few times will make you want to wrap yourself and your computer in tin foil. If you do this, remember to poke airholes.

DM out

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	miniforcex The Star Wars Fan Wears Pink
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 11:07 AM Holy crap! Thats reallllyyy freaky. How does it work?

	Zelaskowski
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 11:27 AM How the heck.... I only tried it twice, but I'm on my way to my Dad's. He'll figure it out! Are you going to let us know or leave us in agony? (after blog comments are closed of course)

	The Dark Moose Moose Poodoo
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 11:47 AM I'm going to leave it a mystery, but I guarantee someone else out there already knows how it works. But I'll reveal it once enough people are sufficiently freaked out huddled and rocking in the dark corners of their rooms sucking their thumbs. ..which I didn't do, of course...but still. DM out

	hailfire551 Running, cooking, and Star Wars
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 11:53 AM My computer is reading my mind

	hailfire551 Running, cooking, and Star Wars
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 11:58 AM I beat it! ha! 77, -14, = 53 and it gave me 54!

	hailfire551 Running, cooking, and Star Wars
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:04 PM whenever you do 77, I gives you 54-- I tried this 4 different times, and got the same result.

	Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi I was a Teenage Jedi
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:06 PM whenever you do 77, I gives you 54-- I tried this 4 different times, and got the same result Hehehe... How the heck.... I only tried it twice toots his own horn I'm pretty I get how it works, and I only tried it twice... then again, I've done mind games similar to this before, so I knew what sorts of things to look for.

	Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi I was a Teenage Jedi
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:08 PM ^That should say, "I'm pretty sure I get how it works..."

	TheBothanBoy The Curious Bothan's Life Size Blog Archive
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:15 PM what how the ****!!!! thats really wierd But I'll reveal it once enough people are sufficiently freaked out huddled and rocking in the dark corners of their rooms sucking their thumbs.** yep im certainly in a corner sucking my thumb in fear of the mind reading computer!!!!! How does it work

	Hangover Boy Captain's Log, supplemental...
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:29 PM heh, I know how it works....it's pretty ingenious actually Mathmatic formulas, ftw

	solsticedawn His men will follow him anywhere, ner vod. But only out of a sense of curiosity.
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:31 PM I knew that engineering degree would come in handy some day. My hint is to look at the repeat on the patterns...

	Sol Kassar Ramblings from the Detention Center (Startled)
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 12:56 PM I beat it! ha! 77, -14, = 53 and it gave me 54! whenever you do 77, I gives you 54 Huh? 77 - 14 = 63. Anyway, yeah, I did 77 four times and it picked the symbol above 63. The symbols changed, but it picked the same number. Genius!

	Darth Rex0 So be it....
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 2:02 PM Huh? 77 - 14 = 63. No time to start getting smart Sol. I once new a formula that figured this kind of thing out. I'm pretty sure I left it in my Statistics notebook which I'm fairly certain I burned when finished with the class.

	rj_peters Memos from the Imperial Finance Department
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 2:05 PM Unless I'm completely off, it has nothing to with math. More like something to do with rodents.

Oboe-Wan
Oboe-Wan's Hive of Scum & Villainy

date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 3:24 PM

Actually, it has everything to do with your eye color. No, WAIT! The length of your fingernails. No... that's not it.... what you ate for lunch?

Nah. I passed this link on to my father many moons ago. He's an engineer/mathematician and loves to sap all the mystery out of stuff like this. I'll never tell how it works because sometimes its more fun to believe in magic.

Or not.

	Joran_Yar
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 4:56 PM took me about an hour to figure out, and even then i had to use the comments on the board. thats really cool

	Granny-Wan I Am NOT an Old Fossil!
date Posted: Jul 18, 2006 7:07 PM Heh-Heh... good one, Moosie... I've had this explained to me before, but that's the best site I've seen...

	nob01 Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 12:11 AM I love this puzzle - I had forgotten all about it until my bro-in-law reminded me how it's done. Crazy ol' math, eh? Thanks for bringing it back again!

	DJ Maul: Got Feet? DJ Maul's Dancin' Cantina Party
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 5:55 AM wont open for me...page keeps freezing up....

	Jediknigt200555 Mereel's Log
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 8:50 AM huddles in corner sucking thumb while wearing a tin beanie

Jediknigt200555
Mereel's Log

date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 8:59 AM

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE
tell me how it works! Please?I'm really creeped out

	The Dark Moose Moose Poodoo
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 9:43 AM Ha - gammah has the answer (as I'm sure others do by now) but I'm going to hide his comment. No need to spoil the fun just yet for everyone... :0) DM out

	TheBothanBoy The Curious Bothan's Life Size Blog Archive
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 9:58 AM when can we know?

	TheBothanBoy The Curious Bothan's Life Size Blog Archive
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 9:59 AM when can we know?

	jedivnsnator The Trash Compactor
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 10:10 AM The first few times will make you want to wrap yourself and your computer in tin foil. It's not helping me that much, Moose... Would another layer do the trick?

	gahmah80 Gahmah's Lair of Trauma (Blog Closed Due to Inability to Renew Hyperspace Account)
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 12:32 PM Ha - gammah has the answer (as I'm sure others do by now) but I'm going to hide his comment. No need to spoil the fun just yet for everyone... :0) That's alright with Gahmah, Moose.

	Master Jedi Michael ANBU File 1262- Master Jedi Michael
date Posted: Jul 19, 2006 2:28 PM I got it but I think I'll let Moose tell you all since he'll hide it anyway. I would just like to remind the adults who havn't gotten it yet, a 14-year-old beat you to the solution. HA HA HA HA!! MTFBWY

	macewindu882 Don't Go All Chewie On Me!
date Posted: Jul 20, 2006 5:25 AM Holy Force Batman! After reading all of these comments I still have no idea how it works. And for some reason I'm still a little frightened by it.

	macewindu882 Don't Go All Chewie On Me!
date Posted: Jul 20, 2006 5:38 AM Actually, I think I'm on to something. I'm starting to see a pattern here.

	Master Jedi Michael ANBU File 1262- Master Jedi Michael
date Posted: Jul 20, 2006 9:55 AM Yes macewindu882, come closer to the dark, we can give you the answer!! MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! MTFBWY

	artoothreepio12345
date Posted: Jul 21, 2006 5:36 PM OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I get it... after 3 sleepless nights... wow awesome blog

	jkthunder Seven Pieces
date Posted: Jul 22, 2006 12:37 PM Hehheh - I did a different version of this before and also wasted a good amount of life trying to figure it out and "beat it". After um-tenn times it started to come up incorrect. The question is, did I beat the game or myself?

	nob01 Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Jul 24, 2006 10:04 AM Most annoying thing about it, it can only be explained using algebra (the getting to the symbols part) - and as we all know, algebra is what Palpatine was referring to in his 'unnatural' speech.

	MomOf2YoungPadawan Mamadala's Lair
date Posted: Jul 24, 2006 4:14 PM I can't get the page to open!!! WAAAAAAHHHH! I feel so left out....sort of like junior high school all over again!!

	Daramis Mcejo: Jedi That Was
date Posted: Jul 25, 2006 12:19 AM I figured it out. Only took me fifteen minutes, which shows you what a math geek I am. That, and the fact that the symbols changed every time. It has to do with multiples of nines.

	blueskinredeyes
date Posted: Jul 28, 2006 1:50 PM very smart. thanks Daramis, your clue helped me solve it hint: dont pick a number, and whan the symbol show up, find the number that it represents oh, and the symbol/number relationships change every time

	blueskinredeyes
date Posted: Jul 28, 2006 1:53 PM oh, and the symbol/number relationships change every time wait, you already said that my bad

	anakinfan913
date Posted: Jul 28, 2006 8:53 PM Ahhhhhhh! Someone post the answer, or Moose, please have mercy on those of us who can't do algebra to save our lives!!!!!

	Dread Piratess Buttercup
date Posted: Jul 30, 2006 7:33 PM LoL! It didn't take me too long, because I used to add the numbers on license plates together to amuse me . . . that sounds weird . . . yeah, I'm a math geek

	artoothreepio12345
date Posted: Jul 31, 2006 10:14 AM I'll submit the answer in code... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz got it?

	zach starwalker
date Posted: Jul 31, 2006 2:57 PM creepy my freind says that its unbeatable but ill find it.

	Lieutenant Daloris The Blog of a Stormtrooper
date Posted: Aug 01, 2006 11:04 AM It didn't work right for me! At first it did, though. I think it has something to do with placing your cursor on a symbol.

	Tu®gon Gondolin
date Posted: Aug 05, 2006 10:42 AM I think it has something to do with placing your cursor on a symbol. Nothing like that. Try just looking at a random symbol. If you do that, there's a 1/9 chance that the symbol shown is the symbol you were watching. Helpful hint?

	Lieutenant Daloris The Blog of a Stormtrooper
date Posted: Aug 07, 2006 11:07 AM Ha ha! I noticed that the symbols were repeated!

	Lieutenant Daloris The Blog of a Stormtrooper
date Posted: Aug 07, 2006 11:16 AM Hint: pick 60 and I'll guarantee it'll get it wrong.

	Tu®gon Gondolin
date Posted: Aug 07, 2006 5:08 PM Hint: pick 60 and I'll guarantee it'll get it wrong. 60 6 + 0 = 6 60 - 6 = 54 No, that's correct.

	Master_Christopher
date Posted: Aug 07, 2006 6:29 PM thats cool

jedi_339

date Posted: Aug 08, 2006 5:15 AM

OK, the way I see it, and I'm not sure I'm right, but I only worked it out when it was to late to beat the first time, but the second time confirmed my belief, it has to do with the mouse's position on the screen, when you look for your number, you subconsiously move your mouse to the corresponding symbol, and so that is what it comes up as, and incidently, I chose 77 on my first go and it was right, because I had my cursor over the symbol, but the next time I out it over a different one, and that is what it showed

	luuke.skywalker
date Posted: Aug 08, 2006 12:24 PM Meh. I figured out their "trick" on the first try. It took you twelve times? Hang on, I'm going to come to your house and math-trick you into giving me money.

The Dark Moose
Moose Poodoo

date Posted: Aug 08, 2006 12:41 PM

Ooor - how bout not? But thanks for playing.

The secret, of course, is that there are only so many answers to the original equation, and though the symbols change, they are the same symbols for those specific answers - basically, you can't not pick a correct answer. If you do your math correctly, you will get one of a few answers, all with the same symbol.

:0)

No mind trick, no tricky cursor tracking, no rays coming out of your computer screen. Just one big waste o' time :0)

Moose 101 - Never trust a moose.

DM out

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