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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' w1 s6 [$ p* E* m7 |>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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! C2 {; r+ x+ ?3 L# P; U>                  This is pretty neat !!
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# R; m0 T# |8 l' k; j% }; P9 l>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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' l$ L# i3 t6 ^* T>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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3 ^1 V& \6 i0 H9 t8 R! w: V  R  ]>                  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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6 T3 m% n1 Y8 ]) a' ^6 t>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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3 t0 M' `; ~, Z0 g, ~>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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2 g! G+ y& D+ }1 K  X: 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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! n' Z) T/ X4 V  b$ P4 E>                 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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3 i  c$ L, d/ A7 }7 g  R>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  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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5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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9 d; [- D: ~  K  k3 t( N7 r6 \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