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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  |/ s# e; H7 f% v, C>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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! e* Q) i! L, _>                  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.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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# a8 g- t0 K4 l>                  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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>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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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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>                  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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2 O2 w; ^4 w3 U+ {8 h9 P2 q3 k>                  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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3 Q0 i" b* E, B8 H: I: |>                  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
1 n2 y2 Y! o7 J$ L! u0 LDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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, `5 S  ?6 a% k8 _+ k# ?5. 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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; c1 H+ O7 S" E0 N- _: H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。
$ A1 a8 y* k( M% L5 x& t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