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 [- Z& E# n, I" s3 r. Q/ s7 c: V$ c>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  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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  G: w; [- ^# a>                  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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1 C; ^  Z5 \% Q' i>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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% s0 ^& M9 a/ E>                  3. Add 5
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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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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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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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1 _4 Z, V. v, a& E; ], w: w>                  The next two numbers are
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- ^' v7 e( j% ^/ E, N1 I>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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& Q+ {/ E8 ?2 N2 i3 A>                  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
# y; l: l* K* K5 S8 ~& Y" TDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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- d+ l3 ~( n9 s0 p/ x5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

8 r! }% e# `: |; v, C" S- u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。
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