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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1 m: ]8 U$ B0 B2 ^! v& d+ C/ d" \>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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4 f: Q6 j$ ^/ Z* t>                  This is pretty neat !!
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# z9 r. Q7 I  x' O* Q2 u9 L: L>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
1 P4 ^$ I9 k! C0 _3 G>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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>                  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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1 }; d1 s, v: v7 H) G5 d! n7 ]3 ]>                  3. Add 5
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5 ^: y" n4 i+ O$ c>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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3 @' g0 S5 ^  g- ]) k>                  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 y4 E4 v9 Q8 c% C5 ~" Y1 R>                  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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% v( X! t5 C3 D$ T>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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小黄

原帖由 williamguoca 于 2008-10-31 16:53 发表
9 d. `/ l5 l% r" x# ADon'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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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。
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