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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. P; |" k9 x+ Z7 K>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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" Z$ f7 D/ A9 J6 j0 {>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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: ?# C0 C) H1 Y9 F5 g7 x>                  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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>                  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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' v% x$ w' n" E! a# k>                 You should have a three digit number
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2 q) O6 H9 H3 J3 v6 N: `+ O4 s>                  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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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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8 d* {1 A0 u. _8 b. ?( b) 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
; H/ \) l+ F  u: m4 sDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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( G% y! U6 E/ i$ u! z9 A0 c5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
& ^* [0 D$ y6 G6 F2 r& \6. 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。
% N; v. K1 B: S4 B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