Max Maven - Notes You Covet

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L fRED

Thep8ffonner takes adeckof cards OUIof us box, and asks a spectator 10 Il1nk of a card He $ilYS lhal tie w,lI rhM'l use telopathy to eooccece the name

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the card The speclalOf concentrates 'the perlOtm8f says, "'Fred·Tho audJeneo IS contused. so the maglCJan eXplains. -Fred 15 the name of your card'"

ThIS seems 10 be a silly loke, however. there IS a surpose rmlSh The spectator reveals the IhOughl..of card The performer sho...'S Ih8t every card has a person's name on lis back rM>Chaef." -Jennlfer,- etc). the one named Fred"Isthe spe:ctalor'scard!

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The ear1test versIOn of nus tnek was Fred Lowe's "Chnstened Reverse: whICh dates back about 30 years (The baste

gag

IS much older, and can be traced to a

quip

by Alexander Woolicon m the 193(5) Duringthepast severar decades, many methods havebeendevised I created thIS methodIn Ihe earty 1980s Recently, Trevor Duffy of South Afnca reinvented and maril;elod Ihas samevet"S1Ofl, whICh

Coy

10)(11(:

coll"lCldence)

he named "The PIlIl Deck • We discussed the suuanon. and made an equuabse atT'Bngemenl

The cards employed are unusually thin. alrhough the pactt IS the see

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a standard deckof 52 cards. It\ere are actually mofe than 1S cards InIne 00): To prepare. take one complete pack (52drf. tereru cards plus a tOker) Use a wlde--bpped mar1tingpen (0 Wn!O your rceee name on toe back of eeen card In the example above. It

was

"Fred," but of course any name can be used Now. take about25more cards. and wnte a different name on the back of each

Put the set of 25 ditfetenlly named cards on fop of the shuffled pack of S3 "Fred" cards ThIS combW\ed SCi will fit InSIde the:cardboltproperly

To perform.beganbyretnovlO9 the deQ. from its box, holding Illh'T1h the face of thepacll:; toward me aud<ence Have8 spectatorthink of a card Make the Joke ofnamll"lgthe ChOsen card "Fred"

Ask the person 10 revealwhatcard wa s really thought 0 Spread lhfough IMe face-up deck until you come to the chosen card Oi course. because it ts from thefrontportton of lhe dad!..'I wiJlhave "Fred" on us back.Place lhls card 00 the

table.

or pullt part-way Into yourbreast pocket

Tum the pack Iaee down. Spread the cards, shoWingIhe dlfferenl names It some 01 Ihe names are lhe same 9S for known euceocemembers, or celebrities or politbans. lhere are opportunitiesfor amuSlng comments Dunng uus display. you can showIhe faces of some ofthese cards ObvIOUsly. you rnust nol show the duplicate of 1M chosen card. II il is there You can avoid thISproblem by memortZlng which cards have which names-c-oryoucan lillTl~Ypeek: before showIng the face 01 eny parnculer card

Of course. yoo can

only

show about25 cards ncttne

enure

deck It your 8Ollon$ are casual and 'your atntude IS nOI gUilty, Ina audIence will believethatall of the cards have dlffetel1r names

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TltlFUGAL IS

The performer lnlfoduces a standal'dpack of Zener cards "rnes e eve the ESP testing symbms thai weredevetopcdunder the auspees 01 Or J B RhInO at Duke Unlversllymany years ago They corne 111

pac)(S

of25 five

eaen

of five s)'!'Obols Clfde.cross.waves. square star

One set '$ removed and drsplayeo,as the I'llstoneal use of lhe symbo ls

ts

dJ5CtJssed II 1$ ex-plarned that If liverandom cards areremoved from the pack the law

or

averages states tnat me most commonresult willbe aset such as this.contatnlOQone of

each

des

ign

Ho'Never.such maybe the common result.bul onlyIn terms of many repeatedtnala Inasmaller stansucat

sarT'tP'U'1g

,

the results wlll likely be different

Those ftvecards are set asKfe The remallllllQ 20 cards are moed.then glven to a pat'llClP3nl The performer turnshISback, The person

gIVeS

the pack one Of mote complete CUlS, then dea15the

cards

rOlallonally mrc four hve-card groups One group IS chosen.the others discarded The person IS

told 10 exe nune the symbols in the chosen set. and to mentaUy convey them to the performer Alter SUItablehlstnonlCs,theperformerIdenlifteSthe symbols 10 the spectator's hand

Ttus routine makes use of a SImple pnnclple of dlslnbutlon thaI has been explored

over

the years, pnmarfly for vanous poker deals Notable examples Incl ude Stewart James' Jamesway Poker Denl manuscnp (1948) and Ihe faSse·false-deallng demonslrahon popularIzed by Harry lorayne as 't.orayne's Poker

Dear

InCloso-Up Cam Magrc (1962) In the 1991 book Thavant I offered 18 apph -eetens. mdudllg

ttus

one As l.he pnnclple had "ever acqUl1'ed a formal tnte, I dubbed

tt

(he Gentn(ugePfanc:ple .whIChseemed like agoodIdea at thetene

TT1e symbol pack is prepared For ease 10 explenauon,wewfllrefer 10the symbols by their estab -lished eeseeeuvevalues (de\l'lsedbyJ G Thompson Jr tnthe 195Os)'

1 Circle (one Ime)

2

cross

(

1'.\10

lines) 3 waves (thr&e Imes) 4 square (four sides) 5 star (rlV6POUlts)

3

Arrange the pack III order from thetop

12341234234534?'~~'2'2345 The star cards

tn

posltl()fl5 15, 17 and 18

(shown undeff1ned) are marked on Ihelf faces 10 ....dlCate values of

three

.

one

and two respecnvety Sample manungs (pOSIlional scratcnes) are shown at(l9MI

Bnng out Ihe cards . $pfead them lace up for dlSptay There1.<;nodlsceml~earrangemenl

Remove !he (lYe cards at the Ieee of the pack. showrng each and dlSCUSsmg the odds .nv~\led In gellinga randomgroup of fNe

Set

those five asfde False shuffle the remamder of the

pad

and glv~II 10the spectator Tum

yoU(

bacl': TeUthe persoo to make one01'more complete cUls,then10 deal the cards rolabonally

etc

fourgroups one set Is chosen. theotherspuI <lway

DespIte Ihe cultltlg. !he cards

w

."

alwaysbe dlstnooled Into the same sets AI the moment. you

00 not ~ whiCh

set

the person has selected-bol you're about 10 fll1d out Ask the partJCIp8nl to

ccecenuete on me syrnDoiS W1 U'techosen

group

Knll your btOoN then say thai you rece-ve the en

-pres501 that 100

group

oees not conlaln one of eecn symbol Thtssta1ement wJlI be correcI State

thalyou sense Ine presence

of

IUSI oee ster symbO'

nus

statement Wltlalsobecorrect

Extend your hand

for

the SpecUllor to grve

you

the

starc:aro

justrevealed Yoa

purpose

here ,s apparentJ)'Ladlsp£a:y the starto thelestofthe eooeece ... order 10

vetdy

tha! yOu 'Were conect Infact,

II IS 10allow you to observe the face of ltJalcard.as Its mar10ngW1Qlell

you ...

hich set you areto (The

unmarked'$tar.s conSldered as four)The four

groups

are as fotlows

1. 1 123 2 2234 3. 3 34 1 4. 441 2

To dotermlnethe tdenunesof Ihe remaining designs

In

the chosen group. apply this simple

sys-tern:Therewillbe twoof lhe symbol of the same value as the markIng,one of the next s)lrnbolln nu..

mCf'tC81 order, then oneof thenext. (Tho star symbol.now outof play. ~ notmcluded In thiScecne

-lion

1

Call oul lheremainIngsymbols m any ardoryo\! oesee. lalung each one from the spectalefa51115

called Inorder 10be conslsteruw uh the iniljal retoevet

ECOINITION

A pred"lChOI'lIS dlSp\ayed The performer brings out a box.expl81nlOg thaI II contains samphngfrom hIS

com collectlon A pafhClpant IS asked tok)okmslde thebox,and examine the co'"s C31efuUy The

per-formor comments.-You can see lIlat there are~ns from different countnesaround theworld Some

are from Europe:

Asta;

Amencan

The

COfflS are of different siZeS They are of dIfferent values They

are made OUI of different metals Not anof them are round AS least one has a hole through Its center

ObvIOUsly,there ere many v8f1ables-50 manyIhal lt wouldbeimpossible for me 10 know which

ree-torswould Influence you • The partiCIpant IS asked to look at the COIns. and deode on one The

pre-dtC(lon ISrevealed,and found to be accurate

The pallor leads the audience to beneve that there are many COIns Inthe box In fac!. there are only

foor (The set thave prepared for ft us lecturehas: France. 1franc: United States, I eeer,Japan, 5

yell. England. SOpence. There IS a printed labm Idenllfylng each coin.10 guarantee thai there wIllbe

no confusion by lhe participant.)

These are covered with 8 four·way out

Itor

example. two double envelopes In e1th side 01 a

Hlmber Wallet)

A .gunmlCked box can beused.WI ahingednap,allOWing lIS mtefior 10

be

dISplayed m twoways

The

rest,

shown

10 tne audreoce. has

30

or more COins gfued In rseee The second. seen only by tne

NORMAL

ILER

For nus oescnpuOf". we shall assume thai the perlormer 15 named 8lII

GOCKf'o\'ln.

and the audience paf1JCJPSnI !SGordon Bean BTiI has lUst completed somo son of astomstlmg demoostrallOO. ~ Gordon is 5ullabtyIm pres sed

am

says. "Thanks. Gordon. I'm gladyou lIked that I say this parucu -Ictrty because.lat~y,

.t

seems to me thai there are all sorts of amazlllg ttungs 8(ound usthai we take

fOtgranted - Gordon says.~0tI?

Do

fell·(Actually. knowing Gordon,he probablyJust nods eagerly) BIUcontinues. "For example. jet's consider somethlllg quite astomsnltlg thai takes place

almost

every day.thaI

we

rarely appreciaTe the postalsystem Well.ofcourse we comp4a1l1 when leiters gel

lostOf something takes 100 long 10 reach ItSdesunauon But Ifyouthinkaboul iI.the fact that mostof

ourmad hods us

way

to the propef reCIJHenlis pretty astomstting ImagIne:MUhons of cards and let.

ters and packages enter the system each day,

headed

for one SpecifICaddress among turthetm

il-hans.andusually,10 Just a feN days," getsthere WfNlt"(Mote fervontnodding from Gordon.) BIU continues,"Iwas conlemplatlng Ihls earner looey. as I

was

gathef'lng some envelopes of re-cent vWllage-eact,. In rl$own way.a small wonder. because each one found Its way precISely to

rts

correc t rectplcnl "With

tms

,

he bnngs outhalf a dozen envelopes,each addressed 10 htm andbearing

a

recenlly cance

lJed

stamp or meter mn

As

he

fans

out

the envelopes,he pcmts out thai they ere

overse In Size, color and POintof ongln. Some are personal, and some are from mass mailings

Some are handwnllen,while others are computer generated.

Gordon ISassee10 sImplyname a number

between

one and SIX He opts for.say. four."A

fasc.-nalrOOchOICe· says-8th "I wonderwhat madeyOUchoose lhat? Wei1.let'sfind out Remember,I said

that each envelope madto lis way precrsely 10 lhe correct reClpHmI • wun this.he spreads the enve

-k)peSmore widely, revealing lhat every envelope bearsIh ls address, 0111Good"-Il'

TheP~lIn1brI HOld

::641SouthJStrfft OJn.vd C"A930) 3-4469

All,tnal;s,except for the envelope Inthefounn pcsntoo. whICh bears a mOdified address' Gonlo_B<2n

c/o8,11Cood~lR

The PtnumbnlHOld

.1641 Sow.hJStTt'tt

o.,,,w.

CA93 03 J-4~9

Consldenng the mu'UrnalproparatlOn required. It1ls toullne generates a surpnsJIlgly strongImpact ~ you may nave guessed. the method In...elves multiple outs However, as only two are reqereo. the y

are

t>Qth qUI!O log.c;al and stra,gt'll(orward.and are construc tedsuch thaI each essentially cancels oul the othet, mmungtheoutcome seem uniquely planned

As desct!bed above,frve of the envelopes bear your address.andrem alOlng one IS addressed to lhe spectator.care of you {Ttus,ofcourse.presumes you Will knowIn advance the name of your p ar-hcipan t Itlhat IS not an option.don'twar •an ahemanve

win

be explatrled presently) The envelopes cao-tndeea. shoul~me from a vanely of legrtlfT'l818 sources The specraJly addressed eo~eJQpe .s,ofcourse, genet<tled by you.but don 'l forgel to gamiSh It Wlth a canceled stamp

There ISanother brt of preparaoon

One

of the (pIaM1ly addressed) envelopesContainsa PIece of

paper.while the others are empty.A standard eece of leUer-slzed paper mustbefOldedIn thirds 10 fil

Inside

a

~10 envelope. bUI IIts besl10tnm the papet down so thai It

will

filwhen f~dedm naif E lml-oalJng ltleone layer of paper serves 10minimize the bulk.so thel In Ihe fifty percent 01 performances \'whenI.tbSpaperIS nOlll1troduced.Us plcsence Wl4nOI beneueed

As for what's onIhepaper.rtIs ttns ~,&U

P4<."

/0

""";

Ik4

yo."",,-.y

""f''¥''"''4

...,

flo

w"".

3..,.;

1i

J-

ee,

ObvKxJsIy.

thiStS another personalized outcome And

yes

.

for those cccasicne when the

partiCI-pant'snameIsnet known ahead of tene anatremanve WJIIbeofferedlaterInnuswnte-up

The eese method shouldbereascoetay clearby

now

The malenals are arranged so thai one of

lhe prepared envelopes ~ POSItioned fourth from Ihe TOp. and the other IS

posuroned

f

ifth

.

After Ihe

Inlroductory patter.Ihe set of envelopes IS Introduced.and fanned lOla a Wide display Almost tho en

-we

addtess on each envelopetsVisible.except of course for the one Withthe extratext, wtlichhasIts

op

per

secbonhlOden beneath the bottom edgeofthe envelopeaboveIt ThIscondluan appears tobe

haphazaI'd.andme au(hence willnot perceive 11'l31 anythWlg IS belng deliberately obscured

The person IS asked 10 name a number "between one andSiX."In lrme-honored fashion.ttns

fa-stncls the Ch01GC10

two.

three.four or

flve

.

If fOUr or five Js named.count down from !heIDpenVelope

to the named POSItion. If two or three IS named.count from the letl end of the fan.Either procedure

appea rs fair,iJndWIUenableyOU10emve on one of the prepared envelopes as the"chosen"one

Hence

,

It remains only to display the 3pp10pnate oulcome Eitherthe designated eovecce ISthe

only one thai IS addressed tothe spectator. orItIStheonlyone that contains a message If thelatter.

allowthe person 10look Inside each of the unchosen envelopes to vent)' Ihal they are all empty,then

have the paper removed from the chosen envelope.opened and read aloud (Dunng thIs.It

Is

quite

easy 10 ceotnve the necessary handlrng 10 prevent the audience from seemg the extra text on Ihe

other

preparedenvelope.WIthoutIt

seemng as

If

you

are exet'ClS'"9 any specat cauuon )

F,~y. If

you

WISh to do thlS ronoe ", a crccnsteoce Where

you

cannot

flOCl

out a paruopanrs

name III advance,there are several opucns I SUgge51 be the ''''lOWIng address message

Bill(Iood\l,1n IS""Illn Ihlt~

'All1 sdt'Ctuus

tn\dopc.

ObVlOUSly. wlttl tms layoul yOu would need 10 fan Ihe envelopes 10 reverse oremeton, so thai

only1M lOP line (with the perlormer's narne)IS III view on that envelope.

FOI" Ihe non..eponymousmessage letter,I suggestttns

~:&Jt

.J/.r,... _ ~.~

JJJ

IJOM~ (,~

/ko ".. ... ....,JJ """

:4

,

--'''P

The effecl IS. of course. slronget with lhe personalized oulcome. all lhe more so if II IS prlnled

ralher than handwmten.

There are many possIble variatIOnS For example.

nus

makes a

very

mce lmpressMlfl when used

fota bll'lhdayOfanniversary.withIhe messeqes appropnalely mOdified

(u nSoIiCllfJd plug It'swonh notmgthattheexistence of The Penumbra D$a hotei maybe cues

-tlOnable.OtJtas a magaZine il,s

very

mUCfJ a resl periodical. edited

by

Gotdon Beon end

&,

Goodwin.

tnWl)/Chthe precedmg routIneWI"soonbePUbliShed Ifyou're IIlteresredIn subScnbing.t/1e s<Jdres$

use<!In the wme·up IS 81ff$ actual address. oryou may contact them via the Imemet 8l

<magJC-oean@earthllnk net,. or <wgoodW1t'l42@hormail,(;Offl>.)

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Two

oacks

of specet cards are used One consists of the twenty-SlXletters of the alphabet.tne other

contains lists of assorted words Thete are tweoty-Irve cards III this latte! pack, each hsoog etghl

words.malung for a total of two hundred o\"OI'ds ,n all Thewords ere diverse.

but

each uses exactly four dlfferenlletters.

Hawlg meed both packs. the specta10r freely removes one card from the second deci<. and

thKlks of one of the assorted words thereon, The parucspant shuffles thai card back Into its deck

From the fast pack, the person removes the four letters used to form the thoughl-o!word.and

pock-etsthem.(Theperformer's bacJo: canbeturned dumg IhiS )

The perfonrter points out that even if he had looked over the parhc!p8nt's shoulder wtten the

wOfd~1S1 card was chosen, he could not be sure which word was thOught of If he were 10 looJ(

througn the alphabe(decl(he could.withlime and etfort determIne whlCh Ietrers

were

miSUlg How

-ever. as someof theWOI"d$ trom the other deck are anagrams mat use the same letters.even tabce

t-OUSly

galo'"9thai tnformalJOn WOUkI nol assure successIJ1

frgunog

ccnne word being thoughtof

ThercJore.Ifonty

for

thesakeofetr)Oency.hemust rely on straIghtforward telepathy.ThIS proves

10be aflOeplan.for (heperlonnerprompUy names the spectator's word

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I've been wresUln9 w,lh versions of

ttus

test for several years The follOWing ISthe most recent (Circa

1993),and the teast complex

In order 10 determme whIch of the

two

)lundred words Is Ihe one beIng thoughl

of

.

two mrorma

-1I0oal efemems.when crcss-rereeocec,w~1crcvee the answer

You

'Mil

need 10 make two decks as

aJ.

~

ready

eescreeo

The alphabe( pack ccntams

r

- - -,

one card tor each

t

euer

The word deck ceo

-tams lists of won;1s,3Sshown on tne next page

Each card In the word deck has Its lower

Jancorner tnmmed short

Throe' of Ihe cards In Ihe lettel deck are

also phys~ly prepared The cards beanng

the letters

A.

Eand S are edge-marll;ed In Ihe

I

IDfA BEAM FAn , EXAM DARE MEAN

~

ABlO

ALSO G.'.SI' SAID lAST

JAWS

SAlT , IlASP

I

Gu.D YOGA GOAT HULA CHAT JAIL ZN<Y DRAB

EROS FUSE ISLE MESH PESO REST CUB LOSE

BONE CHEF DEFY LOVE JERK DK:E FLEX ETCH

UPS RISk SHOW TOYS BUSH HOST GUTS DISC

DIRT

HYMN

LION OUCH kNOW BLUR CITY VOLT

"'FE PEAS BASE EARS "'LE ACES SfAT

EATS

-PLfA WAKE APEX HEAD GAME

AMEN

DEAl HEAL

IlASk SlAM WJ>SP FAST

SOAP

VAST

OATS

BASH

MATH AaD BANG COMA DRAG OkAY DIAL ARCH

DOES

, ROSE NEWS SElf USED UES WEST DESk

GIVE MaT ENVY ZERO OMEN POEM TRUE LIVE

SOlJL PLUS FISH COST DOGS GOSH LUST SPIN

QUIZ VOID YOLK DlJCj( _{HOLY CULT INCH CLUB}

ERAS SAME VASE APES fAST

",ve

SEAM SEAR

FfAR CAFE fACH

NAME

LACE YEAR BARE GAZE BETA

RATS MASK XMAS STAR GASP CASH PAST SCAR SWAP

llANO TAXI WAlk ON1N HALF DIVA ATOM ANkH COlA

MUSE

Kffi

ICES SEXY ElKS

_JEST

HOSE BEGS l\JSE

BELT EVIL HELP MEOW InM NEXT VEIL ClOF DUPE

STOP THIS SCUM PUSH UST CUSP WISH OPUS GIST

I

WHIZ_"'GE ONLY_AXES

RUBY

_CASE IODLEASY CORkSfAl MYTHTEAS MESABIRD DRUG....E MOTHAWES

Beginby displaYIng the packs,each of whICh may be shuffled by thespectator31 the outset Had

the word deck face down, the shortened comers at the lower nght (from}«It onentation),Fan tho

deck and allow tho partICipant to wundrew any card.The person IS told 10 look over the wards on thai card,and 10 mentally choose one

While

they

arc

occupied With thrs task,close up the tan and loweI 1110

the

table.

and

In SO

dong

rotate

IJlecards SO that the shortened comers aro now

ar

the

cuter

nghl Spread the

pack

on the lable

andask

that

theseiecteecard

be

pushedIOtathe pack,anywhere

The spectalor lS now tokl to galhcr up

the

eatds

and reshuffle them Of course, the selected

word-card Isreversed.3sduatlonthatWIll

not

be

alteredbyany normal shuffling.

ExtendyoUr flghl fkMld.SIlentlyrequesbng thereturn0(thepack.When IllS gIVen toyOU,lrBnsfef

II toyour left hand. rotating II as you

do.

so lhal the shortened comers

of

the unchosen cards are

now

atthe tonef

nght

Tell the partlclpam10 pIck upthe alphabet deck. and 10remove from It the letters used to form

the Ihooght-of word As thIS Inslrucllon Is gillen, run youl Iell thumb down the oulm left corner of lhe

WCJ(d deck. unld youfeel the Short comer clICk pasL Ca$UaHy cui the deck at that IocallOn,and table 11

face down {ThIS has ItsobvIOUS roots In (he Bcseacte orStriPperPack,

whd'1

surfaced JO the g8m~

bhngworldIn the mld-181h century

The

Ideaotan aU-Corner-Shortdeck was.gIVen SignifICantstudy

by J G Tt\ompson Jr In

ree

1970s. blJI the fnl 10 propose the Idea .... as probablyWill Goldston,

•

•

(0 . 2 + 0}= 2 (4+0 4-0) =.4

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•

•

•

•

•

•

(0+2+1}=3 (O~O,," 1) ; 1 (4+0+I) - 5 (4 - 2+1} = 7

•

You ...&11t1a'JE! cornpjeted these acucns by toe urne me spectator has pIckedupthe aJphabel dec~

An

f\OUf1Ce

that you wdl lum )'OUt back rc allOW the person 10remov e

the

necessary cards 10secret

Doso.andtenthe person pocket reese foureatdS Inen

to

set there lit of tiledecAonto the table

face

down

When tOld thai tnlShasbee"done,return toface the parliC1pani 00not IITlmedla!el y

too..

toward theaJPtl3btU aeck.tnsteaa.loOk dtleclly at the persot''I'sface as you say, -Youafe tntnklng of a 'NOfd

lhaloNVyouknow" Allow ltus tobeConflsmed

ContInUe. -Vou have removed the letters to ~ thai

'Word

from thIs deck. so thai

your

thought

can later beverified' As thiS1$said.look down attnealphabet deck Most people

w

ill

have tabled the pack so thaI a

"arrow

end pomts tow-drd

you

.

In fhatcase.no adju stment 1$ necessary If the

pat'"

IS has alon g edge (owardyou,srmp1vpush the deck as Iflor emphasis In such a way as to move a nar

-raw

endInto View

Along that narrow end yOu will see up 10 three ofthe edge--marXed oots 'these are converted into a number from one 10 e'9hl uSIng8 binary system"Adollowatdlhe nghl1J8S a valueor one.a dot al

the center has a ~ueof two, a dot toward the ~Ihas a value of four,(The value progresSIOn

ee-vances from nght to

left

.

as1$cusw mary lor binarynotatIOn )

The vertical poslllOn

of

a dolnas 00 meanmg here.thai IS only an ll'ldlCBhon of an edge.markeo

card 'spos1llon in Ihe deck,WhICh ecesno l concem US Here aretlleesghtpossble comblOahons

As II IS dlfhcult to poslhon zero on a ftSl. we'll feaSSfgn a value of

8J9ht 10the combination whereln no

edge-marks are seen Thus. each

com bination proVides 8 value from one 10 elQhl This value corresponds

10 Ihe pcsmen of thethooght-o l word

on lis list And of course, Ina\ list IS

located on the card !.hal IS now on [

lhebottom of the worddeck. •

FollOWing the

preseoraucn out-

--:-:--,-:--;;---;:--lined earlier. you now state. "Even If

1'0 lOOked over YOUIshouldef when

you cocse 3 bunch of words from

tne dect.. ,coWd nOlbe sure wt"'ch

wordyou thOugtll 01

-As Lt'llS IS saId. PICk up Ule word deckWiththengnt hand from 8OOve (fingers at rne outer coo,

Ihwnb ar the

Inner

end).and raeeItIn what

seems

10beno more than an dluslrallve gesture In lh~

3C1I0tl lhetland rotatesforward.IJllmg Ule pack so that the bOttom card comes Intoyourline of VlSIOn The pnntlng Is oriented

propet1y

.

and you know 1'1 advance the POSition of Ule word on the IIs l, soII willtake but an '"sta nl for you 10read Ihe deSIred IIlformallOn ano set the deck back. down

This acaen shOUld be donoIf'la casual. offlland manner,50 thaI the audienceettacnes to

Impo

r-lance10It Later.most Of ine audiencewInmlsremember lhat you ne ver touchedelther deck Evene

snarp Observer wN"1 not see howttusbnef contact couldhave prOVIdedyouWltt \an)' InfOfTT1atlOO Andnow. lhe workIS OWN You know tne lhOught-olword Make themost of11.