Re: Bad cryptography, psychics, Randi and Matt Blaze

Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Matt clearly doesn't understand the English language, in particular
demonstrative pronouns.

My English is even worse, I guess. I don't understand what you are
referring. Or do you mean that Randi published his description after
The Magnificent Seven declined and the challenge is not valid
anymore. Randi, however, says, not in the past tense, "all they have
to do is 'remote' to Fort Lauderdale and discern what's in the special
'target' locker in my office".
.

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