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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* u' Z. {% ?' {- {>                  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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9 v/ e2 x* s8 N1 f6 ]/ W, N3 g>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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4 @6 s) t  n" h& c: V. m( `( ~! f. n>                  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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>                  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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4 G! C" P# u1 v* I% X, P>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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2 h% L7 n: G% c; g0 ]>                 You should have a three digit number
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) u4 S/ U! O" ^7 l* M& Q( E/ j>                  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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, N1 y/ A; Q- [& f( F! M" y>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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1 y# g* p; v  e>                  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.
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- }5 ]! i5 [7 Q  v2 E/ n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。
7 U' V5 C' q) D8 ]( t  @3 q9 C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