1) Send you payment check in with the dollar value listed only as a complex limit.
Hat-tip: Zeitgeist
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Ways to Screw with the Cell Phone Company
Category: Haha, a funny
Posted on: June 3, 2008 5:20 PM, by Jake Young
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Ha! That's a good one, though the explanation is off. It's not e^(2*pi), but e^(i*pi) which comes out to -1, so he was sending verizon his two cents (not 500 some odd bucks).
Posted by: Drekab | June 3, 2008 6:34 PM
Looks like the commenter on that image needs to refresh their memory on Euler's identity...
Posted by: Max Kaehn | June 3, 2008 6:35 PM
It is not 2 cents but 0.2 cents.
Posted by: rpenner | June 3, 2008 7:40 PM
Sending .2 cents (or 2 or whatever) that ways is AWESOME! You know they'll have someone work it out, in hopes that they can get some money out of you.
Posted by: TheNerd | June 4, 2008 1:00 PM