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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# w+ s4 ~6 x2 F2 @  g>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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+ N; v5 A% L7 G6 M4 H$ ^>                  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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, B" r! o# u( d5 U$ |  m. I>                  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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2 X# ~. x  K7 D1 b! [: w0 }' G! O>                  3. Add 5
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% W/ ?9 U3 q7 l; [! D>                  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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' g' O5 T6 g# M/ M: S>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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>                 You should have a three digit number
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! C& J. E$ Z7 Q>                  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
; ?+ q/ D; u) k) }" H0 c) CDon'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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$ G) x8 r1 F6 S( \2 I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。
  G8 s2 [2 i4 L: p; q7 V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