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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- N& Z0 D; p+ f* H# Z# i>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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: [9 l9 e, F0 [6 o4 T  W>                  This is pretty neat !!
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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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- M9 _9 P. y; s8 e, R  F>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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- j6 n. U5 S' t2 X! N" D/ u& h>                  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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' B4 h/ _) `* w' U( @0 z: w>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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; Y5 h7 R' Q9 Q>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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2 I, |1 E9 B- L3 Q) B4 T4 ?>                  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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( ~' z+ w5 ?& b9 R( g+ z( a% z>                  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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) ]5 t; g7 P4 ~& {: [& V>                  The next two numbers are
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* {$ J& @5 A4 n: G- q5 u; [& w>                  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.
0 X0 O! Y0 S) \& \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。
( p2 \. G2 D6 E& h# L0 m7 x输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
% T" H1 I2 I) M. }+ D% u. L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