Religions > Atheism > 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application
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"|-|erc" |
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03 Jan 2004 03:58:06 PM |
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1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
THE CLAIM
Newsgroup replies to me have clues in them that enable anyone
to deduce the alias just from the message in test conditions.
"I can guess people's names"
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THE WITNESSES
THERE ARE 100,000 witnesses to paranormal in Townsville QUEENsland Australia
I was in Townsville over the weekend, and I heard him.
Very spooky!
http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsgid=9aqbbv85c53jobkenltkil2tbsdk7m2n3p@4ax.com
my uncle told me you post here... he's did some audio on your
secret show and gave me some tapes. love the show.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=dksqpv41597ofbhr16mi7tdj2qfihvoldv%404ax.com
I'm in Townsville. We're sick of you
http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsgid=3eb66422.779705967@news.ozemail.com.au
Do you know if he is living in Townsville?
I've been hearing stuff, yeah.
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=Pine.OSF.4.21.0309230859190.5384-100000%40marlin.jcu.edu.au
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THE CONTRACT
http://www.skeptics.com.au/features/challenge.htm
Briefly, this is what you have to do. You first apply in writing, clearly stating what you are
claiming to be able to do.
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THE APPLICATION
Dear Australian Skeptics,
My name is xxx xxx, I would like to demonstrate a
paranormal ability being able to guess peoples names
from what they say, write or do.
Contact: [private]
xxx xxx
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THE RESPONSE
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=d8422d00.0203041529.5e00a53c%40posting.google.com
You have made no testable claim to Australian Skeptics and there will be no
further communication from us.
The writer wanted to compete for the Australian Skeptics $100,000 Challenge,
but was unable to actually say what it was that he could do
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THE FRAUDS
http://www.skeptics.com.au/features/press/aca.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : 20 June 2003
Any charge of our backing down is blatantly untrue and neither Mr Puffet nor
A Current Affair has any reason to suppose otherwise.
impression that Australian Skeptics (AS) had "backed-down" from testing
That impression, fostered by ACA both in its advertising and on air, is wrong
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THE CULT
They have good reasons, I'm sure. I'll go along with their decision.
James Randi
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:chess@ozemail.com.au]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 7:54 PM
To: James Randi
Subject: Re: psychic test
Can someone else than Australia Skeptics do the preliminary test?
They refused to test me.
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THE SCIENTIST
KERSPLOSH wrote:
What if some unidentified paranormal power can only beat odds of one in a
thousand? Then it does not exist?
You'd just be required to specify this. Let's say that you can
influence a random number generator so that it comes up with 1001 ones
for every 1000 zeroes (when it the numbers are normally equal). If you
can do this consistantly, then we just calculate how many times you need
to do it to come up with odds of a million to one, and you're in.
If it's that easy I would think that Herc could win.
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THE VICTIM
How long will it be until the skeptics put their money where their mouth is?
100,000 witnesses!!!
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THE ONLINE PARANORMAL DATA
Rich Shewmaker wrote Go and see the Rich Showmaker
just like NUMBER1 wrote 100%
just like Vanilla Gorilla wrote concrete a goriilla
just like Goldsburrough wrote more millions than you could carry
just like TheKid wrote its spelt 'prodigy'
just like numerous replies ALL BEFORE YOUR EYES
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
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Chat at www.chatty.net THE NEW YEARS ONLINE PARTY!!
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| User: "Barry Williams" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 11:41:13 PM |
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"|-|erc" <trymyform@wwwadamskingdom.com> wrote in message news:<6RGJb.615$FD6.22302@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>...
THE CLAIM
Newsgroup replies to me have clues in them that enable anyone
to deduce the alias just from the message in test conditions.
"I can guess people's names"
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Your continuing use of email, fax and registered mail to make your
incomprehensible claims of having paranormal abilities is wasting my time
and your money.
I told you on the occasion you phoned me that if you seek to be tested by
the Skeptics you must write down, clearly and in detail, what it is you
claim to be able to do. You must understand what these details are, given
that you downloaded them from our web site and forwarded them to me. You
have failed to do this. All you have done is to send us copies of totally
irrelevant nonsense you have written on the internet. Further, you failed
utterly to respond to the simple preliminary test I offered, preferring to
reply with even more irrelevant postings.
You have made no testable claim to Australian Skeptics and there will be no
further communication from us. Your use of assumed names and email
addresses, and the pretense of being one of my colleagues, will not work,
nor will your threats that we will have to "face the consequences".
Barry Williams
Executive Officer
Australian Skeprtics Inc
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| User: "TdN" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 09:42:25 PM |
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"|-|erc" <trymyform@wwwadamskingdom.com> wrote in message news:<6RGJb.615$FD6.22302@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>...
THE CLAIM
Newsgroup replies to me have clues in them that enable anyone
to deduce the alias just from the message in test conditions.
"I can guess people's names"
What's my name, then? Legal name.
T.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 03:58:43 PM |
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And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 07:58:06 +1000 didst |-|erc speak thusly:
"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
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Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "|-|erc" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 04:06:33 PM |
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"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
I told you I can guess peoples names. I CAN do it, but I need the
skeptics to make a testing booth. I showed you HOW I can do it
but you won't listen
Herc
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 04:15:28 PM |
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And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:06:33 +1000 didst |-|erc speak thusly:
"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
I told you I can guess peoples names. I CAN do it, but I need the
skeptics to make a testing booth. I showed you HOW I can do it
but you won't listen
Yeah but can you do it while drinking a glass of water?
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Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 04:35:29 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.01.03.22.15.28.396034@il.huh...
And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:06:33 +1000 didst |-|erc speak thusly:
"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
I told you I can guess peoples names. I CAN do it, but I need the
skeptics to make a testing booth. I showed you HOW I can do it
but you won't listen
Yeah but can you do it while drinking a glass of water?
Yeah.
I can guess peoples names and given 30 guesses will probably get well over
95% of all English first names.
Five binary sort guesses for each of the first four letters and then ten
guesses to get it right.
And I can do that standing on (your) hands.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 05:49:46 PM |
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And so upon Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:35:29 +0000 didst Mike Painter speak
thusly:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.01.03.22.15.28.396034@il.huh...
And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:06:33 +1000 didst |-|erc speak thusly:
"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
I told you I can guess peoples names. I CAN do it, but I need the
skeptics to make a testing booth. I showed you HOW I can do it
but you won't listen
Yeah but can you do it while drinking a glass of water?
Yeah.
I can guess peoples names and given 30 guesses will probably get well over
95% of all English first names.
Five binary sort guesses for each of the first four letters and then ten
guesses to get it right.
And I can do that standing on (your) hands.
OUCH!
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Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 05:32:16 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.01.03.22.15.28.396034@il.huh...
And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:06:33 +1000 didst |-|erc speak thusly:
"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
I told you I can guess peoples names. I CAN do it, but I need the
skeptics to make a testing booth. I showed you HOW I can do it
but you won't listen
Yeah but can you do it while drinking a glass of water?
Gee, MARK, he must be psychic if he can guess our names, hey MARK, because
how could he possibly be able to guess people's names from their posts, huh
MARK.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 05:49:35 PM |
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And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 09:32:16 +1000 didst Clayton the Transitional
Fossil Wannabe speak thusly:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.01.03.22.15.28.396034@il.huh...
And so upon Sun, 04 Jan 2004 08:06:33 +1000 didst |-|erc speak thusly:
"I can guess people's names"
Oh yeah? I can do it standing on one foot!
"Number1Fred" <gypsydocnospam@juno.com> wrote
What are the odds of that?
100%?
Only I can make this happen on call, then guess the name.
I told you I can guess peoples names. I CAN do it, but I need the
skeptics to make a testing booth. I showed you HOW I can do it
but you won't listen
Yeah but can you do it while drinking a glass of water?
Gee, MARK, he must be psychic if he can guess our names, hey MARK, because
how could he possibly be able to guess people's names from their posts, huh
MARK.
Are you talking to me?
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Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
06 Jan 2004 04:44:23 PM |
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|-|erc wrote:
*PLONK*
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| User: "Kermit" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
03 Jan 2004 07:24:00 PM |
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|-|erc wrote:
THE CLAIM
Newsgroup replies to me have clues in them that enable anyone
to deduce the alias just from the message in test conditions.
"I can guess people's names"
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<snip mockery, ramblings, and misunderstandings>
Herc: get medical help.
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| User: "Cardinal Chunder" |
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| Title: Re: 1208 Days since JAMES RANDI ignored my notarised application |
04 Jan 2004 06:38:00 AM |
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|-|erc wrote:
THE WITNESSES
THERE ARE 100,000 witnesses to paranormal in Townsville QUEENsland Australia
I was in Townsville over the weekend, and I heard him.
Very spooky!
http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsgid=9aqbbv85c53jobkenltkil2tbsdk7m2n3p@4ax.com
my uncle told me you post here... he's did some audio on your
secret show and gave me some tapes. love the show.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=dksqpv41597ofbhr16mi7tdj2qfihvoldv%404ax.com
I'm in Townsville. We're sick of you
http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsgid=3eb66422.779705967@news.ozemail.com.au
Do you know if he is living in Townsville?
I've been hearing stuff, yeah.
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=Pine.OSF.4.21.0309230859190.5384-100000%40marlin.jcu.edu.au
My guess is you have a total inability to recognise when someone is
being sarcastic or pulling your leg.
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