Can Magicians Learn From Cheating Students?
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}if(zs>0){zSB(3,3)}else{gEI(“spacer”).style.display=’none’;gEI(“sidebar”).style.display=’none’}I just read a fascinating story in todays Los Angeles Times that talked about methods that students use to cheat on tests. While cheating on tests is an age-old problem, the methods described in the story sounded like those that could be used by magicians. Some of the techniques described in the article included: -Taping answers or a crib sheet under a tie. -Designing and printing a T-shirt with a cheat sheet thats embedded in a logo or picture. -Stretching a rubber band over a textbook and writing answers on it. When the rubber band is removed from the book and not stretched, the writing becomes an indecipherable blob of ink. -Writing answers on a wrapper of a water bottle or drink container. -Using camera phones to transmit pictures of an answer sheet and text message friends outside the classroom – the reason why cellphones and iPods are ban
