| Author | Message | ||
     Swordsman |
You've probably seen this before, but I thought it was darn funny.  ~SM | ||
| Geforce |
LMAO! That is hilarious! | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
HAHAHAHAHA since im not in math mode..what exactly does that equal? Jake | ||
| Delta_one |
yea I cant even read it .002 + e^???(2 pi maybe?) + sigma(something on top and bottom infinity on top maybe) 1/2^x still funny though "WHAT NOW, BITCHES?" ROFL | ||
| Easy_rider |
The e raised to 2*pi gets it in the $535 range. I can't read the summation, but it's something like 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 ... I'd just call it 1. The rest must be round off. At more than $500 no wonder he's pissed! | ||
| Datsaxman |
Actually, that is undoubtedly "e^ i Pi", which is = -1. The summation = 1. Total value...$.002. (Message edited by datsaxman on June 27, 2010) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
What now bitches? They turn off your junk. I used to work in the PayGo system for Cellular One (the precursor to Verizon). My job was to review the delinquent accounts and set them in the system to turn off. Some people were jerks and set them to turn off on Friday at 5:00 (free calling started at 5:00 and ran all weekend). I usually set the phones to turn off at 12:00am on Monday morning so that they got all of their weekend free minutes and could put more minutes on their phone on Monday. The entire department was staffed and managed by temps. Previously, I worked in the credit department in the days when you had to be approved to get a phone. I was the only guy in a department of women. You could be late on your payments and get a phone. Be late on your child support payments and you ain't gettin' jack squat. | ||
| Crackhead |
have you guys head the recording where the guy is try to explain the difference between $0.2 and 0.2 cents per MB for the billable data usage. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Yes! point two cents! A friggin riot. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Yep... got me laughing just thinking about it.... There was a guy in Florida that paid $10000 in back alimony to his wife by dumping a truckload of pennies on her lawn. The judge ruled that since coin is not legal tender, he had to go clean up the pennies and pay her in currency within 72 hours. Still... he did what a lot of us would have loved to do... just because. | ||
| Spiderman |
The judge ruled that since coin is not legal tender, he had to go clean up the pennies and pay her in currency within 72 hours. I can see the judge ruling that the payment was obvious spite, but setting precedence that coins, IE legal tender is not legal tender is something that could open a can of worms that no judge would want part of... | ||
| Froggy |
Spidey, coins aren't legal tender. All bills are marked legal tender, but you won't find that on coins. I've heard similar stories about people trying to pay tickets and road tolls like that. | ||
| Spiderman |
Ahem... Quote ================= The following table gives specifications for U.S. Mint legal tender coins presently in circulation. ================= http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?flash=yes&ac tion=coin_specifications | ||
| Aesquire |
Because of the obvious temptation to pay taxes in pennies, courts have determined that coinage is not legal tender for that & apparently other purposes. Pity. | ||
| Spiderman |
Show me the law, case and/or precedence that coins are not legal tender. Cause according to the US mints website, well it is... | ||
| Spiderman |
Another US code... United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts. —31 U.S.C. § 5103 | ||
| Guell |
oh snap, next year if the assholes in charge of this county decide to raise my vehicle taxes again, they are getting pennies! | ||
| Garyz28 |
Here is what the US Treasury has to say. http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/lega l-tender.shtml#q1} Q. I thought that United States currency was legal tender for all debts. Some businesses or governmental agencies say that they will only accept checks, money orders or credit cards as payment, and others will only accept currency notes in denominations of $20 or smaller. Isn't this illegal? A. The pertinent portion of law that applies to your question is the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled "Legal tender," which states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues." This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy. | ||
| Pwnzor |
"We reserve the right to refuse service to anybody." | ||
| Spiderman |
A private business can set any rule for payment they want. The question here is whether a judge or law was set that set or said coins were not legal tender... The US just needs to set a standard like the UK has that limits coin use as legal tender... COINS: Coins are legal tender throughout the United Kingdom for the following amount: £5 (Crown) - for any amount £2 - for any amount £1 - for any amount 50p - for any amount not exceeding £10 25p (Crown) - for any amount not exceeding £10 20p - for any amount not exceeding £10 10p - for any amount not exceeding £5 5p - for any amount not exceeding £5 2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p 1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p http://www.royalmint.com/corporate/policies/legal_ tender_guidelines.aspx | ||
| Firebolt32 |
oh snap, next year if the assholes in charge of this county decide to raise my vehicle taxes again, they are getting pennies! I can't remember where it was at or where I read it but, an electric company kept jacking the rates up. A customer in turn went down to the electric company and poured out is monthly bill on the counter. A mixture of all sorts of change adding up to around $500. Pretty damn funny. |
