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#603567 - 07/02/07 09:36 AM Dont piss off an Engineer
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#603568 - 07/02/07 10:45 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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HILLLLARIOUS!!! Since 'i' is an imaginary #....to the pi....wouldn't that be a negative # ??

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#603569 - 07/02/07 10:55 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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was that a check that was really sent out?

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#603570 - 07/02/07 11:31 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002

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#603571 - 07/02/07 11:52 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Is that from the same guy that was charged .2 cents / Kilobyte?

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#603572 - 07/02/07 12:17 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Originally posted by 56kz2slow:
Is that from the same guy that was charged .2 cents / Kilobyte?
I was just thinking the same thing! [LOL] [LOL]

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#603573 - 07/02/07 12:38 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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im glad im not in school to be an engineer. all that looked like foreign language to me.

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#603574 - 07/02/07 01:20 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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what's sad is that reading that check is the first time I've used calculus since I was required to take it...for my job. [Freak]

At least I did it at work laugh

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#603575 - 07/02/07 02:54 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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I was thinking the same if it was from that same guy who was trying to teach math to the phone/internet company. I forgot who it was. Looks exactly like it though. Damn funny!

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#603576 - 07/02/07 03:02 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Originally posted by RocketX:
The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002
WOW! Your a geek. laugh

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#603577 - 07/02/07 04:05 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Quote:
Originally posted by Fronterra:
Quote:
Originally posted by RocketX:
[b]The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002
WOW! Your a geek. laugh [/b]
With PRIDE!!!

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#603578 - 07/02/07 06:22 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Originally posted by RocketX:
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Originally posted by Fronterra:
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Quote:
Originally posted by RocketX:
[b]The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002
WOW! Your a geek. laugh [/b]
With PRIDE!!![/b]
Well, his username is RocketX. Does "X" stand for "Scientist"?
[LOL] [LOL]
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#603579 - 07/02/07 07:04 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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I am jealous. I REALLY wish I was geeky like that!

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#603580 - 07/02/07 07:07 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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I like pie.

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#603581 - 07/02/07 08:15 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Originally posted by mitch1351:
I like pie.
Mmmmmmm....pie...

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#603582 - 08/02/07 06:11 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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The total is $0.002. The guy is pissed off that Verizon Wireless states they charge 0.002 cents per kb for data usage but charges 0.002 dollars per kb. He used his phone in Canada which is not part of his unlimited data plan.

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#603583 - 08/02/07 06:32 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Originally posted by Tonka Ross:
Spanky!
HEY! I miss you!

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#603584 - 08/02/07 07:19 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Quote:
Originally posted by RocketX:
The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002
It seems to me his would be correct if the series started with n = 0. However, since the first term is n = 1, what you end up with is:

1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 +. . . . + 1/inf = 1

e^xi = cos(x) + sin(x)*i = -1 + 0 * i = -1

So I end up with 2/10 of a cent.

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#603585 - 08/02/07 01:58 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Originally posted by Tonka Ross:
[b]Spanky!
HEY! I miss you![/b]
Holla at your boy once, hookah! laugh
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#603586 - 08/02/07 08:10 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Quote:
Originally posted by JeffW:
Quote:
Originally posted by RocketX:
[b]The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002
It seems to me his would be correct if the series started with n = 0. However, since the first term is n = 1, what you end up with is:

1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 +. . . . + 1/inf = 1

e^xi = cos(x) + sin(x)*i = -1 + 0 * i = -1

So I end up with 2/10 of a cent.[/b]
Thats correct. The series in this case is converging to 1, not 2. Therefore its 0.002+e^ipi(=-1)+sum(1/2^n) = 0.002

I think rocketX made a mistake thinking that the series started at n=0, not n=1. if it were n=0, 1/(2^0) = 1. so it would be 1+0.5+0.25+.... = 2.

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#603587 - 08/02/07 09:36 PM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tonka Ross:
The total is $0.002. The guy is pissed off that Verizon Wireless states they charge 0.002 cents per kb for data usage but charges 0.002 dollars per kb. He used his phone in Canada which is not part of his unlimited data plan.

LINKY

Spanky!
hmmm, i have verizon wireless....makes me wonder. that supervisor is a dumb arsh and is trying to sound like he knows wtf is going on but doesnt. to funny.

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#603588 - 13/02/07 11:52 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Quote:
Originally posted by tahoe_x:
Quote:
Originally posted by JeffW:
[b]
Quote:
Originally posted by RocketX:
[b]The total is $1.002. I don't know why he would send .002 cents (charged in fractional cents?). Maybe having to send a check for such a dumb total inspired the clever check writing.
The series E(1/2^n) from 0 to infinity adds up to 2 with infinite terms.
e^(i*pi) is -1.
So it's 0.002 + -1 + 2 = 1.002
It seems to me his would be correct if the series started with n = 0. However, since the first term is n = 1, what you end up with is:

1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 +. . . . + 1/inf = 1

e^xi = cos(x) + sin(x)*i = -1 + 0 * i = -1

So I end up with 2/10 of a cent.[/b]
Thats correct. The series in this case is converging to 1, not 2. Therefore its 0.002+e^ipi(=-1)+sum(1/2^n) = 0.002

I think rocketX made a mistake thinking that the series started at n=0, not n=1. if it were n=0, 1/(2^0) = 1. so it would be 1+0.5+0.25+.... = 2.[/b]
You got me. Assumed n=0 for the series expansion. It's programmed into my brain that way recently.

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#603589 - 14/02/07 12:38 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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Looks like you boys have a case of the Knack

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#603590 - 14/02/07 04:22 AM Re: Dont piss off an Engineer
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You guys have geeked me under the table.
I'm so ashamed.

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