Don't Annoy Engineers

[crokett]

I'm sure somebody here can solve for the value.

[TB Roye]

I take it someone is not happy with customer service. Is the check legal?

Tom

[LinuxRandal]

Since the IRS was ruled against on a check, that somebody had printed on underwear, I would say the check is legit.

[ironhat]

underwear checks might be legit (I know a guy who wrote one on a snare drum head) but if the bank's underpaid staff can't easily compute a mathematical equation there might be a legitimate issue. I thik the guy screwed the wrong people here.

[sacherjj]

The sum goes to 1, I think. E^2PI ~= 535.492. So I guess this is 0.002 + 535.492 + 1 = $536.494

Anyone else can check my math? It has been a while since I messed with e much.

[Veramacor]

e^ ipi = -1 Eulers Formula

Look for proof at:
http://www.uni-giessen.de/faq/archiv.../msg00000.html

sum (1/2^n) 1...infinitiy = 1


So I think he owes Verizon .002

[cabinetman]

It's the thought that counts. I had a client that was a Vice President of a large national corporation, and he said if he wasn't in the position to lose his job over how he feels about paying the IRS, he would print in large letters across the front of his 1040 - I PLEAD THE FIFTH.

[LCHIEN]

e^ ipi = -1 Eulers Formula

Look for proof at:
http://www.uni-giessen.de/faq/archiv.../msg00000.html

sum (1/2^n) 1...infinitiy = 1

I think you're right. "i" is of course the imaginary number sqrt(-1).

So I think he owes Verizon .002

well, that's what he's paying them anyway, two tenths of a cent.

[Tom Miller]

The rest of the story:


http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006...rom-cents.html


(Hmmm, kinda nice t-shirt.)

Regards,
Tom

[sacherjj]

Oh I Pi. I read that as 2 Pi. That makes more sense. I was trying to figure out why he would use e^2Pi. It didn't seem as clever as he was trying to be.

Listening to the calls on this are amazing. People just cannot do math. Anything with decimals is directly to cents. I remember reading through this whole site a while ago.

[Kristofor]

You know, everything can be solved by the metric system. If only we had metric dollars people wouldn't have these problems.

Oh, we already have metric dollars? Uh, lets go back to paying in bits!

[MilDoc]

After reading the blog I'm not surprised. A recent survey of patient's understanding of simple prescription directions showed that way too many couldn't understand the difference between a teaspoon and a tablespoon, and many were confused by "take 3 times a day." So much for education in America.