Don't piss off an engineer!
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Don't piss off an engineer!
Anyone got a calculator?
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What now? Randall gets the check returned and charged a late fee.
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Unless I'm mistaken, that's a check for $0.002
Of course I could be mistaken since I haven't taken any math courses in nearly 8 years.
Of course I could be mistaken since I haven't taken any math courses in nearly 8 years.
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Which begs the question, how the heck does one end up with a bill for 0.2 cents?
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Literally the company could simply think the said person owes them .02 from an earlier bill and sent him a letter stating such.muse wrote:Which begs the question, how the heck does one end up with a bill for 0.2 cents?
Though as for the check? One, the company recieveing it will dispose of it because they cannot make heads or tails and send another letter demanding their money with added late charges. Two, It's easier if you know the company is filled with bullshit to dig through your records and contest the claim. Most companies fold pretty nicely under such demands.
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IIRC, this is from a complaint WRT Verizon; the guy was quoted that it'd cost .002 cents per kilobyte of data, but they charged him .002 dollars per kb. Apparently he lost the fight and was charged the full $.002. In reply, the OP happened.muse wrote:Which begs the question, how the heck does one end up with a bill for 0.2 cents?
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Re: Don't piss off an engineer!
That wouldn't do me much good. I fail at mathCaptainChewbacca wrote:
Anyone got a calculator?
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The math of that check, with annotations. First is the $.002, which should be obvious. Second is the e^(i*pi) term; this is a special case of Euler's Formula, known as Euler's Identity, and it comes out to -1. The third term is the sum of all powers of (1/2)^n, starting with n=1; I was unable to find anything useful on this, but it sums to one, eventually. So the check reads .002 +1 + (-1), or $.002. Quod erat demonstratum.
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Of course, the xkcd picture (check from Randall Munroe) is a joke in response to hearing about the Verizon .002 we-say-cents-but-mean-dollars thing, and said incident with Verizon happened to someone else.darthbob88 wrote:IIRC, this is from a complaint WRT Verizon; the guy was quoted that it'd cost .002 cents per kilobyte of data, but they charged him .002 dollars per kb. Apparently he lost the fight and was charged the full $.002. In reply, the OP happened.
(And, apparently, he writes checks about as often as I do... almost never...)
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