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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, G0 ]0 s% R8 R- Y' A+ F1 V8 {>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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8 a4 K, U3 D* ~9 [6 L# o>                  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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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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: Y9 A' }1 o. j! Q1 k) H3 v) I% E>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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% X5 ?( J5 u1 Z' t& R6 q9 J>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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4 q6 W% ~. A- W- M8 z>                 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 Z. M$ e+ \3 C! b>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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$ a) m& b7 c0 Y3 P$ l>                  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
5 c, i/ i8 ~+ ^" {, XDon'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.
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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。
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