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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. y3 Q7 K9 i& ]# d>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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5 i, C' J' a0 U) {9 l% Z& C! @>                  This is pretty neat !!
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) x0 g  d9 r& o2 F>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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/ v5 P9 Z1 f% G: O- t>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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; j( T( M7 [: ]8 n, _>                  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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) D( E7 c9 B2 ?" s>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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  w2 Q4 H& w) h/ y" ]# H" y>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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- i+ Y3 {+ U+ _6 @>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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) G9 n. D1 }% @+ E>                 You should have a three digit number
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>                  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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>                  The next two numbers are
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" \/ N4 _) Q+ ?8 T0 M- C" ?, ^>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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; R3 `0 d3 L+ h3 p4 }>                  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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: f+ I# L- N8 q  W& I) j: `- @% J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。
' I8 b! C; n( ~# j# C输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
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