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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5 ]8 b. u% Q) l>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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& j& s: b! J* B0 J5 ]* h; H>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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5 n' p  t# A) o4 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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1 e1 g0 V8 J& X  X1 J' g>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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% G; @5 b0 ^3 p3 b+ W+ B>                  3. Add 5
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* o$ Q3 L6 C$ H, b$ M>                  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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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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. V* V* Y* G( x' _( B2 w  O3 v>                 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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>                  The next two numbers are
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& h$ _  t+ v/ t2 L>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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* c! }* Z2 s  U; O2 O9 A3 k0 D>                  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
( ~0 u' r6 S6 ?, ]3 r: C$ b6 YDon'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.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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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