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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- S3 ?" F2 c6 i>                  This is pretty neat !!
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, f* ^  a% m: r. }, `>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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( r9 |' G4 D! c1 y6 T>                  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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0 y! {$ Z( Q" p& Z>                  3. Add 5
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: E7 v  M9 e- }3 z: a>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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; Z1 c4 B& L' G  r* R, h# R>                  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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>                 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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  _: ]* o& `% t3 F>                  The next two numbers are
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- K7 `. Y2 Y6 q) ^4 k9 A: K>                  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
# ]: T; S' @. E7 TDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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0 R# [! F6 l% z5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
* G5 l6 Z# m8 A4 z6 ^% U+ Q- e: A0 B6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

, V" S5 h+ L6 \' ~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。
* K" ?; ^; H8 i# k- c输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
4 R* n7 m3 j/ R; G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