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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, G# x: j; x& _2 d) F, q4 d7 r>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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& F/ ?; R/ y; Q" i1 @3 D7 B& h>                  This is pretty neat !!
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4 b$ e/ ~3 W$ j/ u) H) m2 B>                  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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>                  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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( ~+ M) t3 T/ u. M>                  3. Add 5
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2 C& E- n1 {4 d>                  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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>                 You should have a three digit number
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/ ^1 S8 z. V. x) [7 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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( I* R8 [: k. s; m! O, T. ?$ t# P>                  The next two numbers are
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" n0 [# L8 j8 E: \1 S>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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# g6 A! S1 F5 E' d5 X& 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
Don'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.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

' Z1 S0 m, D* N6 M$ @+ g7 R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。
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