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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3 N4 `  z9 x% x  S>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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  f, ?; `  P: P) [1 v% i>                  This is pretty neat !!
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. u  x+ {! X# B* n>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
2 C& F5 r% c0 q% l& G) e>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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3 A2 E& d: V" B5 Z>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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! v) ~9 c' x1 z8 ~# Z) v>                  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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8 J9 f  |9 X, I4 [* M4 g>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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, W4 [# u1 M& ~( n. i>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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2 j9 H* I0 X# a. V>                 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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0 s, G- t7 J: G  ^, S/ y! F- _>                  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
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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, a* n, X' Z* @; k2 m: c# \  v  A5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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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。
- r1 _# D' n7 }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