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Andy Moss Special user 713 Posts |
You may already be aware that we can use simple binary mathematics to get a playing card to any position in the deck without having to have the spectator repeatedly point out the pile their thought of card is in as with the twenty one card trick etc.
The orthodox approach would be to have the spectator verbally name aloud any position at the oft and have their merely thought of card end up in this very position. However there are other avenues that may open to us with some reflection. We may, for example, have the spectator merely think of their number and also their card at the oft and their naming of their chosen position takes place JUST PRIOR TO THE REVEAL. This would make things even more baffling. We could choose to use forty nine cards and deal out seven piles of seven cards. Naturally enough in this case we would be converting to binary seven (remember to take one off the position before conversion). Now I may choose to gather the piles in such a way that the spectator's card ends up in the second position from the top of the deck. I am now in the position to use Jean Hugard's count down force. Thus I am able to get the card to the spectator's lately revealed position in the ploy of demonstrating the manner in which they are to deal down to their chosen positioned card. Of course they never reveal the identity of their card. It will importantly seem to them that all work has been done PRIOR to the naming of their thought of position. Another point to be made is that I have chosen forty nine cards since this means that there only needs to be two dealings/gatherings of the piles, the first to allow them to freely select a pile/card and the second to have them visualise their card through the holding up of their pile. Thus the spectator is nor actively telling you where their card is. It is integrated into the presentation. Binary seems to me to be a very subtle means of distributing data about a deck. |
Andy Moss Special user 713 Posts |
I mean 'BASE' seven. Base mathematics are of course employed. Sorry for any confusion. I think I must have binary on the mind!
Funnily enough I have just finished creating a mentalist effect using a very deceptive and layered binary code. One double sided chart with various words chaotically distributed on both sides. Uses word association. Spectator mentally visualises three die in their mind and remembers the outcomes of the visualised rolls. They then add them all up to make a grand total.Mentalist able to work out dice total, words thought off and the colours of both words.....but this is something else and uses a different mathematical methodology. Andy |
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