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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4 F$ i1 c% K8 Q* i) r$ B6 ~>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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0 m& h8 ]3 |, B: j9 K3 h# E7 H>                  This is pretty neat !!
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1 L6 Q; F& s0 O. C& o>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
1 |% |4 C' F6 u  t% R2 h: ^>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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" t% g$ T; ]0 u. S/ \& F9 e: J>                  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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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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# u: _% }+ S0 u>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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3 O5 h* ?4 e" J7 v6 }& X( V; L7 K( f>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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% n$ N$ B( W, k1 ^8 N# B9 i>                 You should have a three digit number
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. M, u  t; r4 Q, V>                  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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5 C' T- F; P& e& H( f9 J>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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9 C. E# I; u# T6 X7 ]- }3 S; g>                  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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1 L  q; ]. }0 W3 M$ C/ x) G5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
0 L9 o  c9 H5 b! p3 t6. 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。
输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
9 D; V8 G: y( u& y' H0 B1 \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