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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1 l9 Z2 y) F! L2 N. X- `>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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4 @8 ]; V+ G8 ~' _( j. M- {$ a>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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3 P2 Z! X/ A8 T( W% J>                  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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% O2 l) h5 [" E; q  j9 z; j* d7 F>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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* d; V( G# y1 g9 b>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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* [" N. [  ^' A- \" g' W3 T>                  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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>                  The next two numbers are
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1 R4 r7 h; t* R9 V! N6 |* X2 z>                  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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; `" T  J* Q8 O" ]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。
: z# N3 a& Q) ?9 i0 O0 u输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
' c+ J, X) P3 F* o$ N  l* D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