This is how you pay a cell phone bill

[CodeRage]

 

[sdhucks7]

I have no idea what that sum is but THAT IS AWSOME!!!




SD

 

[EdWort]

They will just bounce it and charge him a late fee. Who's the ***** now?

 

[Liquidicem]

Funny but useless.

 

[98EXL]

that's awesome!

 

[JustDave]

Is that the check from the Verizon Math guy?

 

[CodeRage]

They will just bounce it and charge him a late fee. Who's the ***** now?

Its a valid number, you can only bounce a check if it is short funds. If they cant figure out what the amount is, well thats their problem. They can refuse it though

 

[rdwj]

Seems like a pretty dumb thing to do.

 

[rdwj]

Its a valid number, you can only bounce a check if it is short funds. If they cant figure out what the amount is, well thats their problem. They can refuse it though

It's not a proper dollar amount. It's also not a valid number. It's an equation and nobody will think twice about declaring it invalid and charging him a late fee.

 

[EdWort]

Its a valid number, you can only bounce a check if it is short funds. If they cant figure out what the amount is, well thats their problem. They can refuse it though

Not for decimal based banking system. They'll bounce it as unreadable. He would have a tough time fighting the late fees in court.

It's no different than if they sent you your bill in the same format. You would go WTF and ignore it or tell them to send one in standard two place decimal format.

 

[Sir Humpsalot]

Allegedly, that was the check sent by the guy who recorded his 20-some minute conversation with Verizon customer support where the representative insisted that two cents was the same as two-tenths of a cent or something like that...

Edit: Here it is...

Play the recording..
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2007/08/original-recording-of-verizon-customer.html

 

[CodeRage]

Not for decimal based banking system. They'll bounce it as unreadable. He would have a tough time fighting the late fees in court.

It's no different than if they sent you your bill in the same format. You would go WTF and ignore it or tell them to send one in standard two place decimal format.

You're right, a fellow here use to be a banker and said the same thing.

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Yeah, that's just dumb... the first term is 1/5 of a penny... I can't quite read the second term.. is that e^2pi(~23)? and the third term is 1.... yeap... dumb..

 

[bobjenkins79]

I'm so glad I'm an uneducated fool. I can't read the check or participate in this conversation. Ignorance is bliss...

 

[CodeRage]

Yeah, that's just dumb... the first term is 1/5 of a penny... I can't quite read the second term..

e^i pi

I thought it was worth a chuckle.

 

[JustDave]

Here's the transcript of the Verizon Math guy's phone call.

 

[e lo]

e^i pi

I thought it was worth a chuckle.

Yep. And e^(i * pi) = -1.

My absolute favorite equation of all time is 1 + e^(i * pi) = 0. It's got essentially all of the imporatant numbers in algebra, geometry and calculus wrapped up w/ a bow. Unity, zero, e, sqrt(-1), pi .... it's just awesome.

 

[Beerrific]

Allegedly, that was the check sent by the guy who recorded his 20-some minute conversation with Verizon customer support where the representative insisted that two cents was the same as two-tenths of a cent or something like that...

Edit: Here it is...

Play the recording..
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2007/08/original-recording-of-verizon-customer.html

Wow, I just listened to/read that. Crazy. Basic high school math.

0.002¢ = $0.002, right?

 

[aekdbbop]

Wow, I just listened to/read that. Crazy. Basic high school math.

0.002¢ = $0.002, right?

i thought .002¢ = $0.0002

 

[WortMonger]

Dang, people are so stupid. I am listening now and it blows me away.

 

[CodeRage]

I had that playing in my cube and every engineer in ear shot was howling. I can understand why he did it now.

 

[98EXL]

that transcript was great!