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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! R0 @% ]& G, S5 z$ j/ w% s: v3 a>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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" W7 [1 D' w9 I3 z8 W>                  This is pretty neat !!
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: J( k: ?5 T/ p& L>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
6 y" b# @. t$ \! L7 y4 f>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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8 s$ u+ M4 X# r$ W( U>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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. P: A7 f3 m3 P' K6 m& k" o>                  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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7 @3 q( N6 k. v. ^>                  3. Add 5
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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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3 p# h1 ~: U( a8 A>                  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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# j. p& w1 C$ O+ K6 l>                  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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  p& e. p  x: u6 }- ?>                  The next two numbers are
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9 U7 ?. T$ [& ~2 ?7 ~+ s>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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, g1 h( W' ^0 R7 N$ k% L>                  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
3 D' X! o5 G& G% K+ ]  ~) }Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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% Q. ?3 \1 O# R1 U, G5. 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;  

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