Conman, quantum entaglement and no cat
Lucky Green
shamrock at cypherpunks.to
Wed Oct 24 16:40:29 PDT 2001
It would have been more impressive had Copperfield revealed the numbers
he predicted an hour /before/ the drawing...
--Lucky
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> http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/text_only.cfm?id=116404
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>
> Magicians lottery list accurate
>
> THE American illusionist David Copperfield said yesterday he
> has been bombarded by requests for tips on the winning
> numbers in Germanys national lottery on Saturday night -
> numbers he said he predicted seven months ago.
>
> Copperfield wrote down his forecast on 17 February for the
> multi-million mark lottery drawing due on 13 October. The
> prediction was sealed by a notary and locked in a box that
> was kept under round-the-clock surveillance.
>
> An hour after the winning numbers were drawn, the box was
> opened on a live television broadcast and the numbers matched
> the winning draw: 2, 9, 10, 15, 25, 38 and 4.
>
> "It wasnt a trick," Copperfield told Bild am Sonntag
> newspaper after the performance on the popular Wanna Bet?
> show on ZDF television. "It was more an experiment and mental
> exercise. We only use about 10 per cent of our brain capacity."
>
> Copperfield said he is not tempted to play the lottery
> himself because he would not be able to "see" the numbers. "I
> used to try it out by giving friends the numbers, but then it
> would never work," he said. "If the numbers arent kept
> secret, it doesnt work."
>
> Copperfield said hundreds of people had written him since
> February begging him for tips on what numbers to pick.
> "Hundreds of emails, so many letters and requests from people
> in despair. "
>
>
>
> But can he do RSA keys ?
>
> If he can, that would mean that they are truly random.
>
> If he can't they are not.
>
> This test should become a part of Diehard.
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