From: Ian Goddard (igoddard@netkonnect.net)
Date: Thu May 21 1998 - 10:26:50 MDT
At 04:01 PM 5/19/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>> They involve setting up video cameras in the homes of pet owners to
>> record animals' activities while their owners are away. Then they ask
>> owners to return home at unpredictable times -- by taxi and not their
>> own car.
>... I know that a study I did read about showed that most of this dog
>'psychic' behavior was them hearing the sound of their owners vehicles
>at a far greater distance than previously thought capable.
IAN: The article quoted above noted that a taxi was
used to eliminate the possibily of auditory clues
causes by a dog's familiarity with its owners car.
I can see it now PSYCHIC DOG NETWORKS! "Don't be fooled
by other psychic-dog services, only PDN uses real psychic
dogs, yes that's right REAL psychic dogs! Call now for your
free 2 minute consultation. Just ask Rover anything and he'll
give you the answer, the answer YOUR looking for. 2 barks means
"yes" and 1 bark means "no." What have you got to loose? Call NOW!
1-900-RUF-RUFF"
This could really cut the overhead for those psychic "services"
since they could just have tape recorders attached to the phones
programmed to select either a 1 or 2 bark recording after the
caller's voices pauses for a few seconds, indicating that a
question was just asked and the caller is waiting for the
reply. A slight delay would even induce the impression
that the dog was accessing the "inner-psychic channels."
Personally, I think that those psychic networks skirt or
totally breach the standard of fraud, but enforcing such
a case against them would be so difficult since the nature
of the "product" they "supply" is so intangible. I think
it simply comes down to, the dumb will just be ripped off.
Playing slot machines is even smarter than calling "psychics."
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