Editing 2010-06-20 (section)

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:It's called "polish hand magic."
:By
:One palmis worth 5
:9
:10
:Now, say you multiply 7x8.
:day
:2 + 3 fingers up = 5 3 x 2 fingers down= 6
:And there's the answer:56
:I'm so powerful.
:It works for bigger or smaller numbers? Just imagine negative fingers and extra fingers.
:Is this you right now?
:Why?!
:See if you can figure
:It out before
:Moving on.
:Here's the proof : 10[(x-5)+(cy.) + 1 [10-x)-(10-y)] 10 times sum of \ times product of up values down values =10x+10y-10x-10ythy =xy
:Now that you've seen the proof, you know fully why it works
:But...wh?
:=x.y.
:Right, but why?
:But that's totally unsatisf
:This is the worst thing about being human
:Caption: *Source: The Puzzler's Elusion, by Dr. Dennis Shasha, who apparently from "a smart and elegant Polish woman."