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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4 t$ z; [- f' p; F: _>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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# i8 q# M, w1 Y$ v* I+ y>                  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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  o: N( E& ]7 w3 O) q% D0 `>                  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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0 E0 F& f3 g; c0 [/ Z% U8 T: S>                  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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: f  t9 Q6 u+ [>                  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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! y# Z# K0 T0 n7 x5 j>                  The next two numbers are
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- R8 v, ]5 w* s0 G. ]2 b3 [' U>                  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 D# z$ w! _/ V9 u6 ~1 [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。
) _2 N: I) {+ o  @3 i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