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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' H# N. t& L: c1 [; I% _4 Z>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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) S6 \* a9 {1 r>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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>                  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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) k' N: R: c6 j1 @, B>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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/ n" X. [  |8 U! b/ p/ q( ~>                  3. Add 5
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" f, F$ v; y% Z* k0 }>                  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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* x" Z. a" n, 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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  y- j0 m1 y# R/ |: N% G# `) y0 T>                  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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& k) R5 R# \% D$ \% K$ B* ^>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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: m1 w" K  T8 [% K& _>                  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
! B: F5 L6 l# q) |6 L$ z8 |. UDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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! h) v% |9 l/ t5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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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。
" G; K* N  t( x# J( [; E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