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Ok, now I want a screensaver of those dizzying four dimensional cubes.
the check is two-tenths of a cent. E to the i*pi is -1 and the infinite sum is 1 so the total is .002 dollars.
The Verizon check is from the great XKCD. Randall Munroe is the creator of the webcomic.
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