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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/ y) v; h! w; l2 F" n>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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) s# j9 N5 L  B( L>                  This is pretty neat !!
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7 O' P2 @5 o2 v# M1 J7 `3 O' V>                  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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7 W- l, ?9 V& B( @; \3 f>                  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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! L' q9 c3 \% y  i7 q>                  3. Add 5
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: t) F7 h6 n  ?>                  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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& M8 k% ~9 C# B7 j$ o  ^) {/ ^+ @>                  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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; p, T7 y0 W. X) ?; W>                  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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+ X5 o7 L% n3 A; S- F>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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$ V0 O) d0 W$ y7 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
1 B# n7 y3 u+ E- S& TDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
! m8 ^+ [/ k8 b7 S& k6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

  f" O0 m2 A. g4 V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。
2 R7 R& X- `9 r- _/ P7 N输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
, \; i* j3 G; }# V/ J: M6 ^$ J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