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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$ ?9 [: _* y9 k, P0 b/ K>                  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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5 N6 [* w  a  M6 {- A>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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3 Q; l8 a8 f  u  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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# z/ H4 K; b2 O3 {>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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* \& D+ z6 e/ L% J7 }>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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6 U& x; z- b; ]" |" x>                  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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3 l7 K, T7 T0 n' ]" 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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>                  The next two numbers are
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' ], w$ S! |0 y5 `. G4 q>                  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
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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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9 v) @% s  \( }6 N4 ?; {& l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。
* W5 _7 _$ {% z, Q* U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