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Youforgotthisthing: link doesn't work due to the V being capitalized -- i think this should fix it?

2026-01-07T21:08:14Z

link doesn't work due to the V being capitalized -- i think this should fix it?

2025-11-05T03:05:26Z

2025-10-27T22:18:59Z

2025-09-03T07:26:47Z

???

2025-09-01T20:50:29Z

2025-08-12T15:57:49Z

‎Explanation

2025-07-24T13:17:25Z

2025-05-13T19:30:06Z

2025-05-13T18:18:58Z

‎Explanation: Math. (Preliminary)

2025-05-13T14:56:54Z

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 {{comic
 | title     = Verizon
-| lappend   = Verizon
+| lappend   = verizon
 | extra     = no
 | before    = <div class="plainlinks"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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 | title     = Verizon
 | lappend   = Verizon
-| extra = yes
+| extra     = no
 | before    = <div class="plainlinks"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
 In response to George Vaccaro's [https://verizonmath.blogspot.com horrifying encounters] with the Verizon billing department over the difference between dollars and cents (and other basic math):<br /><br />
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 {{comic discussion}}

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 {{comic
-| title     = verizon
+| title     = Verizon
-| lappend   = verizon
+| lappend   = Verizon
 | before    = <div class="plainlinks"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
 In response to George Vaccaro's [https://verizonmath.blogspot.com horrifying encounters] with the Verizon billing department over the difference between dollars and cents (and other basic math):<br /><br />

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 "{{tvtropes|EpicFail|No.}}"}}
-[[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The summation is equivalent to {{w|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.
+[[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The sum is equivalent to {{w|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.
 As such, the number ends up being 0.002 - 1 + 1 = <ins>0.002 dollars</ins> which, as [[Randall]] would later point out in [[558: 1000 Times]], "will NEVER equal 0.002 cents."

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 "{{tvtropes|EpicFail|No.}}"}}
-[[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The sum is equivalent to {{w|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.
+[[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The summation is equivalent to {{w|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.
 As such, the number ends up being 0.002 - 1 + 1 = <ins>0.002 dollars</ins> which, as [[Randall]] would later point out in [[558: 1000 Times]], "will NEVER equal 0.002 cents."

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 ==Explanation==
 {{misc page}}
-This page was announced here: https://blog.xkcd.com/2006/12/10/brazil-and-verizon/comment-page-1/
+This page was announced [https://blog.xkcd.com/2006/12/10/brazil-and-verizon/comment-page-1/ here].
 {{quote|
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 "Then, do you therefore, do you recognise there's a difference between 0.002 dollars and 0.002 cents?"
-"No."}}
+"{{tvtropes|EpicFail|No.}}"}}
 [[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The sum is equivalent to {{w|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.
-As such, the number ends up being 0.002 dollars. (0.002-1+1)
+As such, the number ends up being 0.002 - 1 + 1 = <ins>0.002 dollars</ins> which, as [[Randall]] would later point out in [[558: 1000 Times]], "will NEVER equal 0.002 cents."
 ==Transcript==
 {{comic discussion}}

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−	~~{{incomplete transcript\|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}~~

	{{comic discussion}}		{{comic discussion}}

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	[[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The sum is equivalent to {{w\|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.		[[e to the pi times i]] equals -1. The sum is equivalent to {{w\|1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯}}, which equals 1.
		+
		+	As such, the number ends up being 0.002 dollars. (0.002-1+1)

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==