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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
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Wire crossed
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Two ghost hunters try to find the evidence of supernatural activities.
They go into the kid's room and say: "One of Justin's toys - with its batteries back in for the sake of our investigation - did make nosie briefly. However, it was designed with a visual sensor to respond to the approach of certain objects, so it might simply have had a wire crossed".
--- I don't quite understand the analogy here. So what that it was equipped with a visual sensor and
does "wire crossed" mean that two wires touched together by itself and there was some short circuit inside and that's why the toy started to work for a while?
Two ghost hunters try to find the evidence of supernatural activities.
They go into the kid's room and say: "One of Justin's toys - with its batteries back in for the sake of our investigation - did make nosie briefly. However, it was designed with a visual sensor to respond to the approach of certain objects, so it might simply have had a wire crossed".
--- I don't quite understand the analogy here. So what that it was equipped with a visual sensor and
does "wire crossed" mean that two wires touched together by itself and there was some short circuit inside and that's why the toy started to work for a while?
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I don't understand it either. When were the batteries in and when were they out? You would think that the toy's making noise without the batteries would be evidence of ghosts.
- I don't understand it either.
- When were the batteries in and when were they out?
- You would think that the toy's making noise without the batteries would be evidence of ghosts.
- The sequence of events is simply not clear.
- Also, it's not clear if "wires crossed" is used here as an analogy or a guess at the facts.
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I don't understand it either. When were the batteries in and when were they out?
You would think that the toy's making noise without the batteries would be evidence of ghosts.
The sequence of events is simply not clear.
Also, it's not clear if "wires crossed" is used here as an analogy or a guess at the facts. But when were they crossed and when
You would think that the toy's making noise without the batteries would be evidence of ghosts.
The sequence of events is simply not clear.
Also, it's not clear if "wires crossed" is used here as an analogy or a guess at the facts. But when were they crossed and when
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Hi Avangi.
First it happened that the toys turned on themselves (probably it was done by a ghost) so the kid's parents pulled out the batteries. But when the ghost hunters arrived they put the batteries back in to check if the ghost or whatever would turn them on again.
As I said before I'm not sure what visual sensor and "wires crossed" have got to do with each other here?
First it happened that the toys turned on themselves (probably it was done by a ghost) so the kid's parents pulled out the batteries. But when the ghost hunters arrived they put the batteries back in to check if the ghost or whatever would turn them on again.
As I said before I'm not sure what visual sensor and "wires crossed" have got to do with each other here?
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Sometimes a delicate and complex device which is intended to move about (like a toy) can have its wires disturbed by the movement of the "articulated members" - or by rough handling (by ghosts or mortals). In this way, a circuit may be temporarily activated accidently, and then return to normal.
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Ok, thanks for the answer Avangi.
I just want to make sure if I understood it correctly.
The toy had a visual sensor, which means that when something approached it (for example a baby), it then moved. And then, because it had a visual sensor it could have moved, but probably this movement was caused by crossed wires rather than by a ghost.
The last sentence whic
I just want to make sure if I understood it correctly.
The toy had a visual sensor, which means that when something approached it (for example a baby), it then moved. And then, because it had a visual sensor it could have moved, but probably this movement was caused by crossed wires rather than by a ghost.
The last sentence whic
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