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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, E  |# l$ B, ?. a/ i% c>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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# B/ u9 h6 I1 s>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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>                  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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>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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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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>                 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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' H# W( w" m" b: L" V( ?. ?>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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2 l- |" J6 y& T# u% v* l4 y; T5 c>                  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
, q7 }7 Z4 p. h2 }* kDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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  l' f. v. U+ a5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
, t5 ~$ F# R) K; W. W9 m6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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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。
* c) S/ w" `7 m* @$ o4 D# q: o输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
/ v6 D( `# J! {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