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Article #5843Re: SKEPTICS ARE TOO STOOOPID TO TEST PARANORMAL
From: JessHC
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:45
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:45
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|-|ercules wrote: > "Mike Duffy" <respond@invalid.invalid> wrote > > "|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote in > > news:8bjsrpFjsgU1@mid.individual.net: > > > >> "raven1" <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote > > >>> ... excuse as to why you won't post an actual guess. > >> > >> > >> You ask me to guess your VIN, and put up $100. > >> > >> I post my guess encrypted a few hours later, I have the video of > >> me channeling my guess. > >> > >> You complain I won't put my guess up front! > >> > >> WTF????? > >> > >> Just post the VIN you moron, it's that simple! > > > > > > Hercules has no way of knowing if the VIN Raven will reveal is the > > same as the real one. We will refer instead to a "hidden" number > > chosen by Raven before the test, which may or may not be his actual > > VIN. > > > > > > What you two need to do is > > > > 1) Each get a set of PGP keys, just for this test. Download the > > latest PGP freeware, and use it to generate a new set of keys. Do not > > use keys you otherwise use, because you will each need to reveal the > > private keys later. > > > > 2) Post here your "public" keys. > > > > 3) Raven uses his private key to create a PGP signature of a message > > with his hidden number. Raven posts the PGP signature here. > > > > 4) After Hercules sees the above message, Hercules uses his private > > key to create a PGP signature of a message with Raven's hidden > > number. Hercules posts a copy of the PGP signature of that message. > > > > 4) Raven and Hercules both reveal their private keys used for this > > test. > > > > 5) Raven and Helcules then both post the original message used to > > create their respective PGP signatures earlier. (I.e. they both post > > the message with the "hidden" number.) > > > > 6) Using PGP, anyone can verify if the PGP signatures posted earlier > > match the messages posted later. > > > > 7) Everyone will see if Hercules guessed Raven's hidden number. > > > > > You can just concatenate a private password to the VIN and MD5 that. > > But we've both posted our MD5s, let's see how close I got. > > I cannot go first, a close guess would not be revealed by a devout atheist. Liar. > If less than 66% of my letters match then I stop crossposting to alt.atheism for life! You've already promised to leave four times, and each one of those was a lie. How is yet another dishonest promise worth anything? > One of you atheists needs to explain to Raven it's ok to let go.. One of your doctors needs to explain to you that you're insane.
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