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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$ W! |- ^' D/ V6 b! h>                  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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. I2 ^- b6 k& Y% ]; f1 T& i) D>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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$ s) W' A" y8 |>                  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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  G" `; Y, ^6 g3 }>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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3 W/ J5 z2 [, W9 {- f7 f8 N& D: y>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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2 Q. X' \9 o+ M1 U2 V; ]1 M>                 You should have a three digit number
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1 k3 c8 b. }4 |9 {4 A0 i3 i/ P$ [6 L>                  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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% f3 X7 L- @: A' ^0 C>                  The next two numbers are
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" E2 p; G$ @% q4 n5 b5 r>                  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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$ t& O; J9 g- W5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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# f3 ]2 \2 `! `0 A3 ]输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
/ w! |9 o4 p6 b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