http://www.dinksfinance.com/2009/10/funny-check-to-verizon/ A personal finance blog by and for couples Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:21:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dinksfinance.com/2009/10/funny-check-to-verizon/#comment-5184 Mike in SF Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:34:16 +0000 http://www.dinksfinance.com/2009/10/funny-check-to-verizon/#comment-5184 It's not 1.002, it's 0.002. E to the i pi power is -1. That summation is 1. So he's sending a check for two tenths of a cent, which makes perfect sense. The guy is sending a "F You" check to verizon. It’s not 1.002, it’s 0.002. E to the i pi power is -1. That summation is 1. So he’s sending a check for two tenths of a cent, which makes perfect sense. The guy is sending a “F You” check to verizon.

]]> http://www.dinksfinance.com/2009/10/funny-check-to-verizon/#comment-155 Anonymous Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:24 +0000 http://www.dinksfinance.com/2009/10/funny-check-to-verizon/#comment-155 Except that 1.002 doesn't make sense. I've never been billed fractions of a cent, it's always rounded, so why bother with the 'i'. That 'i' might be a tau as in the golden mean. In which case the check is for $163.29, which is a phone bill that would upset anyone. Except that 1.002 doesn't make sense. I've never been billed fractions of a cent, it's always rounded, so why bother with the 'i'. That 'i' might be a tau as in the golden mean. In which case the check is for $163.29, which is a phone bill that would upset anyone.

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