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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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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' e& _) t, z/ [- Q) }5 ~$ m' s' @( ]>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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1 X" @) u: u; c>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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9 {7 Q) G/ U! O4 n* n6 W>                  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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7 q) s, J+ m  z1 t( p, d. a4 ]>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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, C- R6 |& ?* ^: L3 e* F6 h4 F>                  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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6 V& g4 ?7 V8 X>                 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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>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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5 ]! r( i* g! k: ^* n>                  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
- U+ \. i: z" A3 c. vDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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  K# |. [, w3 [2 Q9 H5. 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;  

5 F, G6 K8 y! t* m5 j) p* B8 n9 Q) t) x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 {9 _' |( y- e9 v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