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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* f( p- Z4 a( M6 F>                  This is pretty neat !!
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>                  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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& t0 A6 o. |8 I% H% T>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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2 ^6 ^# F; w' q>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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' d; v7 P+ n1 c$ `5 @" b' p, W1 ~, E>                  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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2 \# b, ~2 h, e>                 You should have a three digit number
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' R- ]5 b3 R" k7 _5 L. {% m: C% N>                  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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4 V; T4 I0 }# f! |# ^& ]>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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>                  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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: r( D6 G3 l) ?  t4 y5 b. k8 h5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
3 [5 G: I/ K7 C+ q6. 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。
: K- I- H# \' z5 _6 e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