I’ve been reading Steven Strogatz’ ongoing series in the New York Times about the basics of math. In this post about Division, he referred to the above exchange between George Vaccaro and a Verizon customer service rep about an error in his bill. Vaccaro was supposed to be charged .002 cents per kilobyte but was charged .002 dollars per kilobyte:
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
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