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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>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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9 e0 t. j: g6 [9 Z>                  This is pretty neat !!
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, [% a, x; l0 \$ E6 G) h>                  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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5 @+ B- X# n9 o$ D1 T>                  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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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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# ?7 K3 V* x8 Z* g- w>                  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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; w8 O3 u, `$ G" c& ?>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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* ~' n9 O! H/ |0 _4 t8 `# y>                  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 E+ I% `( n+ W: D; ^Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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" Y9 H( R7 f  z/ Y) \8 |: i5 j5. 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。
  G7 M" V& m, U1 @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