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$535.50
Posted by: RAEME | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 06:53 PM
The writer of the webcomic XKCD. This is a pretty old pic, there's a long and somewhat fascinating story behind it.
It's actually $0.002.
Posted by: Potatohead | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 07:10 PM
Er..you're right. I can't do math any better than Verizon can, apparently.
Posted by: Potatohead | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 07:12 PM
I wonder if you could even cash a check like this. I mean, would the bank accept it?
Posted by: Hellraiser | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 08:26 PM
Haha....no. There are rules to check writing. The teller would probably give you a blank stare and tell you to rewrite it....unless they are good at math, but most are not sadly.....
Posted by: Raz | Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 09:12 PM
@Raz that looks to me to be calculus level math not basic math. It's unfare to expect a bank teller to know calculus. Expecting enough math to deal correctly with interest rates on loans and whatnot sure but calculus is a little extreme.
Posted by: Skittles | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 01:41 AM
I'm a math major and it took *me* a minute to figure it out.
Posted by: The Last Archimedean | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 01:50 AM
How would this be 535,50? e^(i*pi) is -1. 1/2+1/4+1/8+.... is 1. So it's 0.002-1+1, ain't it?
Also: http://xkcd.com/verizon/
Posted by: Michael Chandra | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 04:20 AM
Even if the teller/person at Verizon should be expected to do that level of math. This falls under the category of don't be a know-it-all asshole
I don't go into a deli and ask for 0.45 kilograms of granular sodium chloride cured Bos taurus meat (aka: One pound of corned beef).
Posted by: Chicajojobe | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 09:32 AM
Chicajojobe, it's probably a reference to Verizon being really bad at math. Basically, some guy was quoted a rate of 0.002 cents per kb for broadband from Verizon when connecting from overseas, and he double and triple checked this with Verizon before taking an overseas trip. When he got back, he checked his bill and found he'd been charge 0.002 dollars per kb, so his bill was 100 times larger than what it should have been, according to what he'd been quoted. He contacted Verizon, and spoke to many, many, many, many people there, all of whom simply could not understand what his problem was - that 0.002 cents was different from 0.002 dollars.
If you Google 'Verizon maths', you should find all sorts of stuff about it.
Posted by: Zmidponk | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Read the link I gave and look for info. -_- That check was never sent.
Posted by: Michael Chandra | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:29 AM
I worked at a bank for many years and was terrified when my coworkers would pull out calculators for really basic stuff. The jab at tellers was for that... not calculus.
Posted by: Raz | Monday, January 14, 2013 at 09:33 PM
There are actually rules for checks--I learned them in school. If it doesn't conform, legally, it can be refused.
Posted by: Jason Thorn | Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 04:17 AM