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 Online ESP Experiment 
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This is weird:

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html

Try as hard (or as little) as I might, I can't beat it.


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Thu May 07, 2009 6:55 am
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grrrrrr

I'll get it.... if it takes me hours.

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Thu May 07, 2009 7:28 am
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FUCKER!
I got it. The prick.

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That was lame. Of course he removed my card....he switched out all the cards.

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Thu May 07, 2009 7:35 am
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Yeah..it's pretty obvious. Just take 6 cards..then replace them with 5 with different suits.

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Thu May 07, 2009 7:57 am
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That was lame. Of course he removed my card....he switched out all the cards.


Took me 3 goes to figure it out. Lol at the people writing in their "explanations" :)


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LAME!

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Thu May 07, 2009 8:14 am
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It took me 5 goes, but I assumed it was working on what people are most likely to click than something super obvious.

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LAME you say?
SUPER OBVIOUS you say!
Goddammit, I've been struggling with that for THREE DAYS!!! :evil: :oops:

Oh well ... try this one:
Betcha can't guess how many FINGERS I'm holding up!? :twisted: :mrgreen:


Thu May 07, 2009 8:58 am
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Alice wrote:
Betcha can't guess how many FINGERS I'm holding up!? :twisted: :mrgreen:


Just one. Is it this one?

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Thu May 07, 2009 9:08 am
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Alice wrote:
LAME you say?
SUPER OBVIOUS you say!
Goddammit, I've been struggling with that for THREE DAYS!!! :evil: :oops:

Oh well ... try this one:
Betcha can't guess how many FINGERS I'm holding up!? :twisted: :mrgreen:


Hah hah....that's nice of you to tell me I'm #1...you may want to use another finger though! :lol:

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Actually, I'm British. So ...

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Curses....foiled again!

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