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From: Thomas Hagadorn
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:03
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:03
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In article <1992Jul23.155325.17825@sbil.co.uk> pbond@spitws100.sbil.co.uk writes: > Finally, Creighton Carvello memorised the order of a single shuffled >pack of 52 cards in around 1 minute 50 seconds in early 1992 in front >of a live audience. Hmmm, I once met a card mechanic who said he could do up to 3 or 4 decks, and let me shuffle a single deck which he inspected about 15-20 seconds before proceeding to do some additional riffles and then name the cards as he turned them over. As interesting as these tidbits are though, I think it's time for this thread to end (at least in sci.crypt that is).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!relay!afterlife!adm!amsaa-cleo!hagadorn From: hagadorn@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Thomas Hagadorn) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: can people really have trouble memorizi Message-ID: <8299@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil> Date: 27 Jul 92 20:03:06 GMT References: <1992Jul16.185226.24832@rchland.ibm.com> <1992Jul23.155325.17825@sbil.co.uk> Organization: Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity Lines: 10