Don't tell me your age---but the following math works!

williamguoca

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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6 ^6 b9 S" e; ]0 z>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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8 `8 x1 `9 V# d2 I. }>                  1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10, tried, o also works)
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9 |' c1 D, o9 W& F: e>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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- P' W6 W  a% D4 |9 I- |>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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7 X4 D: q# ^! T2 T>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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>                 You should have a three digit number
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) T0 p! J+ D7 W>                  The first digit of this was your original number(I.e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)
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5 D# v1 M4 ^3 O! `. v$ ]: e>                  The next two numbers are
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" s. E) A2 O) ]1 v>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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) |+ Y# |2 y0 Q+ ]+ y; }>                  THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

小黄

原帖由 williamguoca 于 2008-10-31 16:53 发表
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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无聊，5和6都是问生日的，和一开始的“Don't tell me your age”自相矛盾。
) ~) q) m' q$ r0 Y; p输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
" q2 C9 n' S: M' u/ ]" S8 M如果不问5和6，也能算出生日，我佩服你。

williamguoca

Hey, take it easy, Xiao Huang!  It's just a game for fun! don't be so serious ....

chmwl