Comments on: Magic Numbers never lie http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2007/07/03/magic-numbers-never-lie/ Your Daily Updated Fun, Gadget and Games Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:12:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: RGS http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2007/07/03/magic-numbers-never-lie/#comment-14779 RGS Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:20:31 +0000 http://www.random-good-stuff.com/index.php/2007/07/03/magic-numbers-never-lie/#comment-14779 Poke .. I am impressed ... and sad about my not existing smartness ;) Poke .. I am impressed … and sad about my not existing smartness ;)

]]> By: Poke http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2007/07/03/magic-numbers-never-lie/#comment-14778 Poke Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:12:45 +0000 http://www.random-good-stuff.com/index.php/2007/07/03/magic-numbers-never-lie/#comment-14778 Quite simple actually, it was found because you gave it your date of birth. Just use variables instead of numbers: let's say the original numbers is a then we multiply it by 2: 2a add 5: 2a 5 multiply by 50: 50(2a 5)=100a 250 add 1756 (or 1757, if you already aged by one this year, so it'll balance): 100a 2006 then you reduce your year of birth from it, which simply reduces your year of birth from the current year: 100a (2006-b) so your original number is still there but multiplied by 100, and the rest is your age. It won't work next year (unless you add one more), and it won't work if you are over 100 years old. Quite simple actually, it was found because you gave it your date of birth. Just use variables instead of numbers:

let’s say the original numbers is a
then we multiply it by 2: 2a
add 5: 2a 5
multiply by 50: 50(2a 5)=100a 250
add 1756 (or 1757, if you already aged by one this year, so it’ll balance): 100a 2006
then you reduce your year of birth from it, which simply reduces your year of birth from the current year: 100a (2006-b)
so your original number is still there but multiplied by 100, and the rest is your age.
It won’t work next year (unless you add one more), and it won’t work if you are over 100 years old.

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