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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) S5 [) p! B/ h2 l0 F$ H+ {7 ^>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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: y' P! w% e8 ]5 N* A! r% {7 E>                  This is pretty neat !!
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/ @6 D. b# g/ E/ d7 k- C- f>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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+ L; W% C% F/ p0 ~0 R( ^>                  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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>                  3. Add 5
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. S6 G, N/ }+ b6 e, z>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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6 v) Z( r: ^( V- a( Y" O>                  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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>                  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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; c5 U6 N2 ?& X2 d1 ?8 N7 ~>                  The next two numbers are
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4 g. N2 L) O' e* T4 D>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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" e9 q( I0 C7 m6 `7 g* b>                  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
( \+ O, r: J, M4 n4 kDon'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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) r/ c& ~# I9 c2 _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。
7 J: _9 T' @' [8 w. H# N+ n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