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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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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5 S! ^/ _4 h, U  l2 ^: U>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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1 t( e7 R, k7 _>                  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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4 Y& ~, ]: Y# g: S. {$ ~>                  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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  b  ^8 t* N# J" c! }1 J' V. a8 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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3 n6 C/ K# H! ?1 I. S; W* `>                  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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4 S) y7 ]% {" u0 c; C>                  The next two numbers are
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. G( e* X9 I5 J$ G  ?>                  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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7 R; z( |& I+ q- |& s( s% B6 Z5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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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。
9 r" W* w. P, s+ R7 ?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