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magic square

Postby magic_chocice » Apr 1st, '04, 14:21



How possible is it to make a magic square without knowing the number that the lines and boxes ect should add up to

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Postby Happy Toad » Apr 1st, '04, 14:31

Edited by myself since I was responding to the part of the post that has since been edited by the mods.

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Postby magicdiscoman » Apr 1st, '04, 16:43

add age and location plus experience please this will help us, though we dont give away secrets we maybe able to push you in the right direction :wink: :wink: :wink: .

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Postby magic_chocice » Apr 1st, '04, 18:46

Thankyou magic discoman did what you asked. I don't want to know how it is done but would like a push in the right direction. I find it more fun when I have a challange but this has me stumped

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Postby magicdiscoman » Apr 1st, '04, 18:59

i dont know myself but logicaly either the outcome was know or the square was made up for the outcome on the fly, as i didn't see the show i don't know which.

you need to remember what was said as the que prompts will be in the spiel, inocent words will actualy force people to think on diferent lines.

ie "i,m not going to, have a dig at you or put you in my black book, but use the smallest thought possible to find your card, numbers are better than court cards, ace king queen."

"do you have a card".

"is it the two of spades".

this ones around 70% acurate.

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Postby Dar_Kwan » Apr 2nd, '04, 06:45

If I'm thinking of the right effect (I'v seen one that sounds the same), it is pure maths & can be done with any number between 40 & 120 (but please don't quote me on that)

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Postby Part-Timer » Apr 2nd, '04, 18:31

Edited mine now!

Sorry if I seemed like a party-pooper.

It's really a question of a bit of maths and a bit of memory work and lots of practice.

I think it's detailed in a few books, but can't name any. Sorry about that. There's almost certainly more than one variation of it too.

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