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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* U8 G0 h) {* W& z8 K6 |0 R>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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& Q  B0 _: C7 b>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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. q! I5 Y# }0 |7 z/ f* n>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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1 A$ A2 C8 i" ^& ?/ v0 R>                  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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>                  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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! Z% l( g/ u, s: n. j3 r: |>                  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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; R5 u/ l" |6 u; I3 p# n5 z& S>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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& R  X& G; Z( I3 G0 f$ j; G! g>                  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
7 ?7 f/ ]1 e4 U( M. \% _3 t* t5 RDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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8 p0 N9 S2 C2 X3 R, i# e5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
4 o( v1 h! @& T! g6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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. L; u9 Q4 T* M' ~9 p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。
4 r2 f6 F) x9 C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