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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1 O! ~3 L0 |8 i( o0 b: S>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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+ W* @: P; n2 l+ g4 c3 K>                  This is pretty neat !!
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$ b$ J; x+ 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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  k. ?. ?9 Y: G! _>                  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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" N- F+ [* M4 }$ m- H>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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1 n- m! [' O9 j0 Z( Y>                  3. Add 5
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' z5 }9 I4 I( y( E+ M0 J& D0 `1 A>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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, t( P  F, a, u>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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& _0 r8 ?" a4 i' X>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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! J9 R8 \2 R, s>                 You should have a three digit number
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8 d/ Q7 q' \4 M( Z. |* G>                  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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>                  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
7 U1 O3 y0 L/ n3 n+ {2 eDon'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.
4 \1 e0 G, S/ A, g; G6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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7 R" T2 [6 E; K% u0 c5 l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