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- From: mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath)
- Subject: Re: blindfolded trick
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.185147.29276@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept of Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov22.231544.15567@fwi.uva.nl>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:51:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.231544.15567@fwi.uva.nl>, delft@fwi.uva.nl (Andre van Delft) writes in part:
- |> I am still puzzled. Can anyone explain me how Rostelli does the trick?
- [referring, I think, to a couple of blindfold stunts]
- |>
- |> Andre van Delft
-
- These stunts are common magic tricks well known to magicians.
- There are many, many, ways that magicians can see through blindfolds
- (remember--they are cheating as much as they can). Since I'm not
- a magician, and many of the techniques are "secret", I'm in no position
- to attempt to explain the particular effects described.
-
- Walk into a magic store and ask them what they think. I
- think you'll enjoy the reply!
-
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- Robert E. McGrath
- Urbana Illinois
- mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu
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