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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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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+ Q; S! E- o. p% u' P>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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, l3 y7 n4 e- N) K>                  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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; E* ]$ I1 ]! D4 a* `- D" q- p$ X>                  3. Add 5
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+ S' f- M; u1 U: O7 }2 r9 C>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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% ~, s. ~( i9 O+ ?& t>                  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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+ H$ X0 G- Z) E8 F" t>                  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
9 T" |+ r/ [6 d- rDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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6 u( w% t5 V0 l. `7 v5. 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。
7 j7 g# ~$ @5 m& y( r( o0 g输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
0 Z) j, B# t& g& n7 \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