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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6 u& D" u; ]6 Q9 f/ Z) Z>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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) ]. L* Z! l. V6 O% V>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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$ W. t+ w4 a% T6 j/ u$ X( L>                  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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' S- F$ W( P( S>                  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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1 Z( @6 M8 v" Z. k>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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3 K# L. d4 e1 t>                  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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>                  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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2 p! ]- ~5 P6 I! s: V>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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& ^7 W, V( L5 N! `) \. q>                  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
# u* Z4 u) c: {: n+ @' GDon'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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. x. y: {8 L/ y6 ~! @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