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Can Your Computer Read Your Mind?

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The first time you visit this site and follow the instructions, you may think your computer has come to life and has found out how to read your thoughts. You might even suppose our machines are ready to take over the world (bringing to mind “Hal,” the infamous on-boight supposeard computer in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece film “2001: A Space Odyssey”). Try it a few times: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mind You won’t believe it. Seems impossible. Take a minute or two right now and see if this doesn ’t make you scratch your head in amazement. But have no fear ... it’s all just simple algebra! Here’s how it works: Any two digit number has a ten's digit called "t" and a unit's digit called "u." The value, v, of any two digit number (and therefore of the original two digit number you pick from the puzzle page) is 10t + u. The sum of the two digits, s, is: t + u. You are instructed to subtract the digit sum from the original number; let's ...

Can Your Computer Read Your Mind?

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The first time you visit this site and follow the instructions, you may think your computer has come to life and has found out how to read your thoughts. You might even suppose our machines are ready to take over the world (bringing to mind “Hal,” the infamous on-boight supposeard computer in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece film “2001: A Space Odyssey”). Try it a few times: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mind You won’t believe it. Seems impossible. Take a minute or two right now and see if this doesn ’t make you scratch your head in amazement. But have no fear ... it’s all just simple algebra! Here’s how it works: Any two digit number has a ten's digit called "t" and a unit's digit called "u." The value, v, of any two digit number (and therefore of the original two digit number you pick from the puzzle page) is 10t + u. The sum of the two digits, s, is: t + u. You are instructed to subtract the digit sum from the original number; let's ...

Can Your Computer Read Your Mind?

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The first time you visit this site and follow the instructions, you may think your computer has come to life and has found out how to read your thoughts. You might even suppose our machines are ready to take over the world (bringing to mind “Hal,” the infamous on-boight supposeard computer in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece film “2001: A Space Odyssey”). Try it a few times: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mind You won’t believe it. Seems impossible. Take a minute or two right now and see if this doesn ’t make you scratch your head in amazement. But have no fear ... it’s all just simple algebra! Here’s how it works: Any two digit number has a ten's digit called "t" and a unit's digit called "u." The value, v, of any two digit number (and therefore of the original two digit number you pick from the puzzle page) is 10t + u. The sum of the two digits, s, is: t + u. You are instructed to subtract the digit sum from the original number; let's ...