| Author | Message | ||
     T9r |
This is what can happen when you piss off an engingeer (physicist, mathematician, scientist, etc.). http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/index.html  http://www.shawnhogan.com/2007/02/verizon-pisses-off-engineer.html (Message edited by t9r on February 15, 2007) | ||
| Jerseyguy |
LOL, I freaking love that! | ||
| Naustin |
That's hilarious! | ||
| Tq_freak |
Awesome | ||
| Doughnut |
Please explain for us simples.  | ||
| T9r |
From the links it was posted: Anonymous Coward Says: February 8th, 2007 at 6:51 am I’d say it’s for $0.002. e^(i*pi) = -1, the value of the series should be 1 (if I remember my analysis correctly), leaving 0.002… OR in other words 0.002 + (-1) + 1 = $0.002 Yes, e raised to the i*Pi power is -1. Checked in Maple I didn’t check the summation, but I remember that 1/2+1/4+1/8… = 1. So I think the check is for a fifth of a cent, whatever that means. | ||
| Naustin |
whatever that means It means, F.U.  And I'll bet he's pissed off not only at Verizon, but even more so at his Bank... What does verizon care? They'll just hit him with another fee and turn off his phone. Its the bank that has to deal with the check and figure out what the hell to do with it...  If I was his banker though, I'd return the Check for being unreadable and charge him a $30 return fee, close the account, and report him to Chexsystems for abuse/fraud.  (Message edited by naustin on February 16, 2007) | ||
| Buellerandy |
And I thought Business math was kicking my keester... | ||
| Phantom5oh |
If I was his banker though, I'd return the Check for being unreadable and charge him a $30 return fee, close the account, and report him to Chexsystems for abuse/fraud. Assuming he isn't a good customer that you can afford to lose... He could have 6 million in the bank for all you know... While you at it why don't you just wipe out his credit, and ruin the rest of his life... Run over his dog and burn down his house too... Have a sense of humor for gods sake... | ||
| Naustin |
People who have money don't pull stunts like that, trust me. 6 million in the bank?  Yeah, right. Its your basic cheapo freebie check, and look at the check number - 1053. I'll bet he'd only had that account open for a few months, tops. Most new accounts start at check number 1001. (Message edited by naustin on February 16, 2007) | ||
| Phantom5oh |
People who have money don't pull stunts like that, trust me. 6 million in the bank? Yeah, right. Its your basic cheapo freebie check, and look at the check number - 1053. I'll bet he'd only had that account open for a few months, tops. Most new accounts start at check number 1001. So you're judgmental then??? Not all new accounts start at 1001... The banks and credit unions I uses have all started at 101... Having a low check count doesn't mean much these days especially with electronic bill pay... | ||
| Naustin |
My job is to make judgement calls all day long. If that makes me judgemental - then you're damn right. | ||
| Court |
Blake: This bring back any memories. . .   I mean . . . it's only 5 questions.  | ||
| Reepicheep |
(A mechanical engineer can correct me, but my understanding is that Youngs modulus is a measure of how far a material can deflect but still return to it's original state... stretch a spring below X and it will return to its original position... stretch it to X+1 and it will never be the same again). Youngs Modulus is an under appreciated concept that should be abstracted to apply to personal, employee and employer, and business relationships. There is your PHD thesis Court. I had no idea carbon fiber was so much better then steel. That explains a lot of how amazing that stuff really is. The "Youngs Modulus" of me relating to Buell is very high. My "Youngs Modulus" of me relating to Toyota is very small. I know this empirically, but there are probably fairly easily discoverable reasons why this is and they are probably really freaking important to businesses everywhere. Not sure how well they are captured in other disciplines... | ||
| Court |
Yeah . . . well okay . . . I'm finishing my homework now . . . let me get this right . . "The answer, Dear Professor Wilson, is that Bill is more likely to dump his Toyota than his Buell". Won't be the first time I've had to sit in a corner wearing a hat. Hey. . . one of the funniest stories EVER is in the making. | ||
| Blake |
Court, It sure brings back memories of stuff that is a lot more fun than dealing with a vicious stomach flu. That sure is a comprehensive set of homework problems! Kudos to your professor. Bill, Young's modulus (E) describes a material's elastic spring rate in units of PSI*IN/IN, which reduces to plain old PSI (LB/IN2). Basically, the higher the modulus the stiffer the material. The term you are describing is the elastic limit which can be characterized in units of stress, s PSI, or strain, e IN/IN (inches of elongation per inch of length). Within a material's elastic range (for stresses and/or strains that do not lead to permanent deformation)... E = se | ||
| Court |
>>>>Young's modulus (E) describes a material's elastic spring rate. WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?  I said that it measured the elasticity of one's jockey briefs to handle a Thanksgiving meal . . .I am SO TOAST! Heck. . . maybe I was close enough. . . I mean, I got the "Elastic" part right . . . yeah, that outta be good for partial credit. | ||
| Naustin |
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| Jayvee |
So what kind of pizza knife did we come up with? Carbon-fiber? | ||
| Reepicheep |
That'll teach people about taking Mechanical Engineering advice from an Electrical Engineer who went straight into computer science | ||
| Blake |
Great portrait Court! lol! I remember exhibiting that same expression all too often in engineering school, especially during the semesters that included the two required thermodynamics courses. Did you know that a thermodynamics textbook can fly quite well when imparted with enough kinetic energy?  Bill, When I start making statements about perl scripting, you will have your chance to reciprocate. | ||
| Reepicheep |
use strict; use warnings; It's all downhill from there |
