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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& a. ]4 A8 n2 ^5 ~>                  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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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  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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" ]5 O" J5 R$ _/ e>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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) w7 B2 P: S. T5 f- c4 n, |% ]( k>                 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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* W7 l2 Q( t6 b3 e! V>                  The next two numbers are
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* v( x  B4 k7 q  _0 _>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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# M' X/ }# L- F% v>                  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
! ^6 M) Q' j9 O: F" T# [# ?% GDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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* I( N8 X0 g+ s2 Y# K7 b( _+ A5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
0 F9 z- `2 s# d6 v, f1 a6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

+ b0 `5 z* E  s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。
. W6 c7 l- ?" `9 c1 J3 Q. d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