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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' ]( T  ^4 c, J: u1 X>                  This is pretty neat !!
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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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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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0 i" Y6 _% J* n( {" f; e>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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) m# Z! d7 G! S" T1 e0 N# p# Q" k>                 You should have a three digit number
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/ Z( _; L5 O! B>                  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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: n* y; k) o) a# _1 F3 x7 t3 B! q>                  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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9 |0 ]! c6 c# ^7 l5 d0 P5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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- W3 v& u7 R) f! V0 z$ z1 }2 e' D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