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Date: 09 Dec 2006 15:11:20
From: A Man Beaten by Jacks
Subject: OT: Verizon morons
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
out the unfit to exist.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 23:44:06
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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I listened to this for awhile and I really don't get why you posted this.
In reality, the two numbers are the same. Is it that you're considering the
difference between Canadian monetary units and U.S. monetary units?
-Paul Popinjay
"A Man Beaten by Jacks" <nobody@fool.foo > wrote in message
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
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> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>
> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> out the unfit to exist.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:21:35
From: Peg Smith
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote:
>I listened to this for awhile and I really don't get why you posted this.
>In reality, the two numbers are the same.
You should apply for a job at Verizon.
Peg
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:29:27
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Peg Smith" <PegSmithNow@aol.comnojunk > wrote in message
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> "Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>I listened to this for awhile and I really don't get why you posted this.
>>In reality, the two numbers are the same.
>
> You should apply for a job at Verizon.
>
> Peg
I did once. I didn't meet their qualifications. But I think you guys are
missing the point. When the final amount is on the bill, it doesn't matter
what you call the rate, it is still .002, so the final bill amount is the
same. The guy should have just paid it instead of trying to disrupt their
business over a case of semantics.
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 16:35:41
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> I did once. I didn't meet their qualifications. But I think you guys are
> missing the point. When the final amount is on the bill, it doesn't matter
> what you call the rate, it is still .002, so the final bill amount is the
> same. The guy should have just paid it instead of trying to disrupt their
> business over a case of semantics.
Ok, I'll try explaining this to you. The guy was told, repeatedly, on the
call and prior to the call, that the charge was .002 CENTS per kilobyte.
They billed him for .002 DOLLARS per kilobyte. He called up to inquire,
and was repeatedly told by many different people that it was .002 CENTS.
If you don't see this, you really should work for Verizon.
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:50:53
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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> If you don't see this, you really should work for Verizon.
>
What's there to see, Morphy? Look, I don't want to argue with you. And I
want to mention that I really did like your music. I really did. But just
as it would be hard for you to explain music to someone like me who doesn't
know musical notes or nothing, then it is the same as me trying to explain
finances to you. Hello! It doesn't MATTER, the rate was .002 and when
finally calculated the amount of the FINAL bill is the same. Don't you see
that?
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 17:09:00
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> What's there to see, Morphy? Look, I don't want to argue with you. And I
> want to mention that I really did like your music. I really did. But just
> as it would be hard for you to explain music to someone like me who doesn't
> know musical notes or nothing, then it is the same as me trying to explain
> finances to you. Hello! It doesn't MATTER, the rate was .002 and when
> finally calculated the amount of the FINAL bill is the same. Don't you see
> that?
You're a fucking idiot. End of discussion.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 01:22:45
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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> You're a fucking idiot. End of discussion.
>
Wow. I don't believe it. Such a display, Morphy. Ok, fine with me, the
discussion is OVER. It's just that you young people think you are so smart,
and you are so quick to call other people names. I don't see why this
couldn't have stayed civil. It is YOU young people mostly who have been
denied a good education in math and basics. You've had machines do
everything for you, and now you have difficulty even using your head for
simple calculations. One more time, I wasn't talking exclusively about the
RATE, even though over and over it was said to be .002. If you can't see
that the BALANCE on the phone bill remains the same after you multiply the
total phone USAGE, then Morphy, I think it is ironic that you call ME a
fucking idiot. You need to do a little self-examination, buddy. Now I'm
going to dinner. Hopefully some of you will realize your error and there
will be an apology waiting for me when I get back.
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 20:55:19
From: Peg Smith
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote:
>It's just that you young people think you are so smart,
Who are you calling young?
>and you are so quick to call other people names.
Ya dope.
Peg
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 19:30:11
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
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> "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ca3s44xk3i.ln2@recgroups.com...
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>>
>> You're a fucking idiot. End of discussion.
>>
> One more time, I wasn't talking exclusively about the RATE, even though
> over and over it was said to be .002.
> -Paul
I never heard the rate to be .002. I heard them say .002 CENTS
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 17:46:49
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> I never heard the rate to be .002. I heard them say .002 CENTS
Well that's cause you listened to it. Sparky here admitted to not
listening to it, which of course is why he's an authority on it.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 01:58:03
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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>> I never heard the rate to be .002. I heard them say .002 CENTS
>
> Well that's cause you listened to it. Sparky here admitted to not
> listening to it, which of course is why he's an authority on it.
>
I DID listen to it, if it is I that you are referring to when you say
'Sparky'. You're the one who is confused. You're still hung up on the
rate. If you carry it out at .002 cents, you get the SAME result, dumbass.
THAT'S what counts. It's the TOTAL BALANCE on the phone bill, you idiot. I
don't know how many bills you have to pay, but usually the balance is in a
little box at the bottom or at the top. Sometimes they want you to include
a portion of the bill if you pay by check. It is the TOTAL balance figured
at that rate, that you should send in. I pay most of my bills with online
banking. It's easier that way. Maybe you should consider doing that too
since you seem to be a little sluggish in the figuring department. It's
just basic grammar school stuff, Morphy. Sorry to disappoint you.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:15:18
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> rate. If you carry it out at .002 cents, you get the SAME result, dumbass.
Let me try to simplify this. Here are the facts:
- Customer lives in the US.
- Customer is going to Canada and doesn't know the rate there.
- Customer calls Verizon, they tell him it's .002 cents per kilobyte. He
verifies this multiple times.
- Customer uses 35,000 (approx.) kilobytes while in Canada.
- Customer gets bill for approx. $70.
- Customer calls Verizon asking why there's a discrepancy, they tell him
many times that their rate in Canada was .002 cents per kilobyte.
That's the story. Now the math facts.
- .002 cents times 35,000 = 70 cents
- .002 dollars times 35,000 = 70 dollars
There is nothing in here that has anything to do with the exchange rate in
Canada.
I hope this helps.
Morphy
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 20:27:00
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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but Paul says that 10 times 20 kitties weigh the same as 10 times 20
elephants.
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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>> rate. If you carry it out at .002 cents, you get the SAME result,
>> dumbass.
>
> Let me try to simplify this. Here are the facts:
>
> - Customer lives in the US.
> - Customer is going to Canada and doesn't know the rate there.
> - Customer calls Verizon, they tell him it's .002 cents per kilobyte. He
> verifies this multiple times.
> - Customer uses 35,000 (approx.) kilobytes while in Canada.
> - Customer gets bill for approx. $70.
> - Customer calls Verizon asking why there's a discrepancy, they tell him
> many times that their rate in Canada was .002 cents per kilobyte.
>
> That's the story. Now the math facts.
>
> - .002 cents times 35,000 = 70 cents
> - .002 dollars times 35,000 = 70 dollars
>
> There is nothing in here that has anything to do with the exchange rate in
> Canada.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Morphy
> http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:35:24
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> but Paul says that 10 times 20 kitties weigh the same as 10 times 20
> elephants.
That's a lot of pussy.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 19:14:42
From: I_AM_EVIL
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 9 2006 9:35 PM, XaQ Morphy wrote:
> > but Paul says that 10 times 20 kitties weigh the same as 10 times 20
> > elephants.
>
> That's a lot of pussy.
>
> Morphy
> http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com
That's a lot of Paul.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 23:49:29
From: Palooka
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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>> but Paul says that 10 times 20 kitties weigh the same as 10 times 20
>> elephants.
>
> That's a lot of pussy.
>
No it is not. It is a ton of shit.
Palooka
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:25:12
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:m67s44xkai.ln2@recgroups.com...
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> Let me try to simplify this. Here are the facts:
>
> - Customer lives in the US.
> - Customer is going to Canada and doesn't know the rate there.
> - Customer calls Verizon, they tell him it's .002 cents per kilobyte. He
> verifies this multiple times.
> - Customer uses 35,000 (approx.) kilobytes while in Canada.
> - Customer gets bill for approx. $70.
> - Customer calls Verizon asking why there's a discrepancy, they tell him
> many times that their rate in Canada was .002 cents per kilobyte.
>
> That's the story. Now the math facts.
>
> - .002 cents times 35,000 = 70 cents
> - .002 dollars times 35,000 = 70 dollars
>
> There is nothing in here that has anything to do with the exchange rate in
> Canada.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
I don't fucking believe this. I already said that it DOESN'T matter that
there are two different countries involved. Geezus are you dense! If you
figure it at that rate per UNITED STATES DOLLARS, duh, then the final bill
comes to the same amount no matter what. You wouldn't expect the customer
to pay in a different currency if he lived in this country, would you?
Fuck, I'm about done with this. I started off trying to point out your
error being civil and patient. Now I am TOTALLY frustrated because you are
being so dense.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:36:25
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> I don't fucking believe this. I already said that it DOESN'T matter that
> there are two different countries involved. Geezus are you dense! If you
> figure it at that rate per UNITED STATES DOLLARS, duh, then the final bill
> comes to the same amount no matter what. You wouldn't expect the customer
> to pay in a different currency if he lived in this country, would you?
> Fuck, I'm about done with this. I started off trying to point out your
> error being civil and patient. Now I am TOTALLY frustrated because you are
> being so dense.
1 question. What is .002 cents times 35,000? Please answer that for me.
Morphy
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:07:35
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> I DID listen to it, if it is I that you are referring to when you say
> 'Sparky'. You're the one who is confused. You're still hung up on the
> rate. If you carry it out at .002 cents, you get the SAME result, dumbass.
> THAT'S what counts. It's the TOTAL BALANCE on the phone bill, you idiot. I
> don't know how many bills you have to pay, but usually the balance is in a
> little box at the bottom or at the top. Sometimes they want you to include
> a portion of the bill if you pay by check. It is the TOTAL balance figured
> at that rate, that you should send in. I pay most of my bills with online
> banking. It's easier that way. Maybe you should consider doing that too
> since you seem to be a little sluggish in the figuring department. It's
> just basic grammar school stuff, Morphy. Sorry to disappoint you.
Yup, you're a fucking idiot alright. Sorry I got invovled in this. Can't
teach a fucking idiot anything it seems. I wonder how you go around life
though, not knowing the difference between cents and dollars.
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:17:09
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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> Yup, you're a fucking idiot alright. Sorry I got invovled in this. Can't
> teach a fucking idiot anything it seems. I wonder how you go around life
> though, not knowing the difference between cents and dollars.
>
Indeed, apparently I CAN'T teach an idiot anything. I know the difference
between dollars and cents. No need to get sarcastic. The recording SAID
the rate was at .002 cents, you fool. And YOU were making light of me for
not listening to it, but it is YOU who must not have listened to it. Can't
you fucking do simple addition and multiplication? You don't even have to
understand what a kilowatt hour is, you just have to multiply. What a
moron. If I was you, I'd stick to studying music if I was you, and let us
grown ups worry about math and paying the bills and stuff. sheesh!
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:26:09
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> Indeed, apparently I CAN'T teach an idiot anything. I know the difference
> between dollars and cents. No need to get sarcastic. The recording SAID
> the rate was at .002 cents, you fool. And YOU were making light of me for
> not listening to it, but it is YOU who must not have listened to it. Can't
> you fucking do simple addition and multiplication? You don't even have to
> understand what a kilowatt hour is, you just have to multiply. What a
> moron. If I was you, I'd stick to studying music if I was you, and let us
> grown ups worry about math and paying the bills and stuff. sheesh!
Ok genius, tell me exactly where in the phone call were there words
"kilowatt hour" used. Must be one pretty damn powerful cell phone if
you're paying by the kilowatt hour!!!
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:40:06
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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> Ok genius, tell me exactly where in the phone call were there words
> "kilowatt hour" used. Must be one pretty damn powerful cell phone if
> you're paying by the kilowatt hour!!!
>
That's why they put it in decimal, you fool. That's why it's .002.
And I've had ENOUGH of the insults from you people. You guys can't do
simple math because you've always had machines to do it for you. sheesh!
Now you are apparently just arguing for the sake of arguing. You'll argue
your point even in spite of me spelling it out slowly for you about how the
phone bill should remain the same, adjusted of course by how much total
phone usage there is. I think I'm done with it.
What a bunch of stubborn numbskulls.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:52:41
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> That's why they put it in decimal, you fool. That's why it's .002.
>
> And I've had ENOUGH of the insults from you people. You guys can't do
> simple math because you've always had machines to do it for you. sheesh!
> Now you are apparently just arguing for the sake of arguing. You'll argue
> your point even in spite of me spelling it out slowly for you about how the
> phone bill should remain the same, adjusted of course by how much total
> phone usage there is. I think I'm done with it.
> What a bunch of stubborn numbskulls.
I'll ask the question again. What is .002 cents times 35,000?
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Tanya AKA MissT74
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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It's posts/threads like this that make me ecstatic that I still don't have
speakers, thus preventing me from listening to the phone call.
; )
T
On Dec 9 2006 7:07 PM, XaQ Morphy wrote:
> > I DID listen to it, if it is I that you are referring to when you say
> > 'Sparky'. You're the one who is confused. You're still hung up on the
> > rate. If you carry it out at .002 cents, you get the SAME result, dumbass.
> > THAT'S what counts. It's the TOTAL BALANCE on the phone bill, you idiot. I
> > don't know how many bills you have to pay, but usually the balance is in a
> > little box at the bottom or at the top. Sometimes they want you to include
> > a portion of the bill if you pay by check. It is the TOTAL balance figured
> > at that rate, that you should send in. I pay most of my bills with online
> > banking. It's easier that way. Maybe you should consider doing that too
> > since you seem to be a little sluggish in the figuring department. It's
> > just basic grammar school stuff, Morphy. Sorry to disappoint you.
>
> Yup, you're a fucking idiot alright. Sorry I got invovled in this. Can't
> teach a fucking idiot anything it seems. I wonder how you go around life
> though, not knowing the difference between cents and dollars.
>
> Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:20:37
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com > wrote in message
news:1165716751$918937@recpoker.com...
>
> It's posts/threads like this that make me ecstatic that I still don't have
> speakers, thus preventing me from listening to the phone call.
>
> ; )
>
> T
>
Well I'll tell what it said. The guy was arguing about the cost of paying
his phone bill. And idiot Morphy here thinks that he listened to it. I'm
sure Morphy has speakers. But he must hear out his ass. Because he can't
do what the problem requires, and that is SIMPLE math that one would learn
in grammar school. Maybe Morphy flunked grammar school. I wouldn't doubt
it if he has this much problem with a simple case of figuring the phone
bill. Sheesh!
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:31:56
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> Well I'll tell what it said. The guy was arguing about the cost of paying
> his phone bill. And idiot Morphy here thinks that he listened to it. I'm
> sure Morphy has speakers. But he must hear out his ass. Because he can't
> do what the problem requires, and that is SIMPLE math that one would learn
> in grammar school. Maybe Morphy flunked grammar school. I wouldn't doubt
> it if he has this much problem with a simple case of figuring the phone
> bill. Sheesh!
Yup, it's a troll alright. Not even xyious is this thick. Well-played,
sir.
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Tanya AKA MissT74
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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What we have here is a serious lack of communication which has escalated into
name calling and hard feelings.
I think the point was the words "cents" vs. "dollars", in his most recent post
(7:15pm) Morphy laid it out pretty clearly, I would like to see your response to
that Paul.
T
On Dec 9 2006 7:20 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165716751$918937@recpoker.com...
> >
> > It's posts/threads like this that make me ecstatic that I still don't have
> > speakers, thus preventing me from listening to the phone call.
> >
> > ; )
> >
> > T
> >
>
> Well I'll tell what it said. The guy was arguing about the cost of paying
> his phone bill. And idiot Morphy here thinks that he listened to it. I'm
> sure Morphy has speakers. But he must hear out his ass. Because he can't
> do what the problem requires, and that is SIMPLE math that one would learn
> in grammar school. Maybe Morphy flunked grammar school. I wouldn't doubt
> it if he has this much problem with a simple case of figuring the phone
> bill. Sheesh!
>
> -Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:29:36
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com > wrote in message
news:1165717468$918945@recpoker.com...
>
> What we have here is a serious lack of communication which has escalated
> into
> name calling and hard feelings.
>
> I think the point was the words "cents" vs. "dollars", in his most recent
> post
> (7:15pm) Morphy laid it out pretty clearly, I would like to see your
> response to
> that Paul.
>
> T
>
You're damn right this has escalated. Now I am REALLY getting pissed.
Morphy's got YOU confused too! And how can YOU make the decision if you
have no speakers anyway? You're just siding with this fool, Morphy? The
grammar school drop-out? I already know about the cents and dollars. And
the rate was at .002. Geezus. Let me spell it out slowly for you people.
Multiply it by the amount of usage the customer had, times the RATE! Then
you would obviously have the SAME BALANCE no matter what.
I can't believe you kids.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 21:56:43
From: pokerchimp
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Paul, I used to think you had a brain, obviously you didn't take your
smart pills today.
On Dec 9 2006 9:29 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165717468$918945@recpoker.com...
> >
> > What we have here is a serious lack of communication which has escalated
> > into
> > name calling and hard feelings.
> >
> > I think the point was the words "cents" vs. "dollars", in his most recent
> > post
> > (7:15pm) Morphy laid it out pretty clearly, I would like to see your
> > response to
> > that Paul.
> >
> > T
> >
>
>
> You're damn right this has escalated. Now I am REALLY getting pissed.
> Morphy's got YOU confused too! And how can YOU make the decision if you
> have no speakers anyway? You're just siding with this fool, Morphy? The
> grammar school drop-out? I already know about the cents and dollars. And
> the rate was at .002. Geezus. Let me spell it out slowly for you people.
> Multiply it by the amount of usage the customer had, times the RATE! Then
> you would obviously have the SAME BALANCE no matter what.
>
> I can't believe you kids.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 06:10:41
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"pokerchimp" <mixthing@se.rr.com > wrote in message
news:r5ks44x21j.ln2@recgroups.com...
> Paul, I used to think you had a brain,
>
Yeah, well now you know better.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 13:28:36
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Hey - someone offered you following bet earlier. You gonna take it?
"I will give you .002 of a cent for every .002 of a dollar you give me.
Sound like a deal, why not ? The rate is .002 for each of us...right? "
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:37:48
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> And the rate was at .002.
The rate was specified many many times as .002 cents. Not .002. Not .002
dollars. .002 cents.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:43:28
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:sg8s44xici.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> And the rate was at .002.
>
> The rate was specified many many times as .002 cents. Not .002. Not .002
> dollars. .002 cents.
>
That's what I said, idiot. Now you're trying to squirm your way out of
looking foolish by saying that you agreed with me from the beginning.
That's pretty weak. Just be a man and admit when you were wrong and that
the final BALANCE on the phone bill remains the same. Just like I said
FIRST.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec
From: arlo payne
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 9 2006 7:43 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote in message
> news:sg8s44xici.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >> And the rate was at .002.
> >
> > The rate was specified many many times as .002 cents. Not .002. Not .002
> > dollars. .002 cents.
> >
>
>
> That's what I said, idiot. Now you're trying to squirm your way out of
> looking foolish by saying that you agreed with me from the beginning.
> That's pretty weak. Just be a man and admit when you were wrong and that
> the final BALANCE on the phone bill remains the same. Just like I said
> FIRST.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
Paul
Do I need to share my drugs with you or everyone here :)
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 02:56:07
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"arlo payne" <arlo_payne@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1165718946$918960@recpoker.com...
>
>
> Paul
> Do I need to share my drugs with you or everyone here :)
>
I don't know if you are being sincere. I already answered a recent post by
Will in New Haven about meeting up in Las Vegas next week. I thought that
would be cool, I'd like to meet some of you people. I asked if he likes to
smoke PCP. And then he kinda rudely said that he wanted to meet up with
anyone else but me. That's ok, I am lonely but I'm not going to beg for his
companionship and I can entertain myself just fine. And I won't have to
share my stash, while I'll probably just play video poker by myself.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Tanya AKA MissT74
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 9 2006 7:29 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165717468$918945@recpoker.com...
> >
> > What we have here is a serious lack of communication which has escalated
> > into
> > name calling and hard feelings.
> >
> > I think the point was the words "cents" vs. "dollars", in his most recent
> > post
> > (7:15pm) Morphy laid it out pretty clearly, I would like to see your
> > response to
> > that Paul.
> >
> > T
> >
>
>
> You're damn right this has escalated. Now I am REALLY getting pissed.
> Morphy's got YOU confused too! And how can YOU make the decision if you
> have no speakers anyway? You're just siding with this fool, Morphy? The
> grammar school drop-out? I already know about the cents and dollars. And
> the rate was at .002. Geezus. Let me spell it out slowly for you people.
> Multiply it by the amount of usage the customer had, times the RATE! Then
> you would obviously have the SAME BALANCE no matter what.
>
> I can't believe you kids.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
Noooo, I'm not siding with anyone!! Seriously, I guess I must just be confused
myself. I'm just going to go back to the woodworks. : )
T
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Date: 10 Dec
From: arlo payne
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 9 2006 7:34 PM, Tanya AKA MissT74 wrote:
>
>
>
> On Dec 9 2006 7:29 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
>
> > "Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> > news:1165717468$918945@recpoker.com...
> > >
> > > What we have here is a serious lack of communication which has escalated
> > > into
> > > name calling and hard feelings.
> > >
> > > I think the point was the words "cents" vs. "dollars", in his most recent
> > > post
> > > (7:15pm) Morphy laid it out pretty clearly, I would like to see your
> > > response to
> > > that Paul.
> > >
> > > T
> > >
> >
> >
> > You're damn right this has escalated. Now I am REALLY getting pissed.
> > Morphy's got YOU confused too! And how can YOU make the decision if you
> > have no speakers anyway? You're just siding with this fool, Morphy? The
> > grammar school drop-out? I already know about the cents and dollars. And
> > the rate was at .002. Geezus. Let me spell it out slowly for you people.
> > Multiply it by the amount of usage the customer had, times the RATE! Then
> > you would obviously have the SAME BALANCE no matter what.
> >
> > I can't believe you kids.
> >
> > -Paul Popinjay
>
> Noooo, I'm not siding with anyone!! Seriously, I guess I must just be confused
> myself. I'm just going to go back to the woodworks. : )
>
> T
>
>
>
Iff Billy has 3 apples
and
Joe has 2 limes
and
Sue has a doll
and Mike has a train
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Date: 11 Dec
From: Gary Carson
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 9 2006 8:20 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Tanya AKA MissT74" <43084303@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165716751$918937@recpoker.com...
> >
> > It's posts/threads like this that make me ecstatic that I still don't have
> > speakers, thus preventing me from listening to the phone call.
> >
> > ; )
> >
> > T
> >
>
> Well I'll tell what it said. The guy was arguing about the cost of paying
> his phone bill. And idiot Morphy here thinks that he listened to it. I'm
> sure Morphy has speakers. But he must hear out his ass. Because he can't
> do what the problem requires, and that is SIMPLE math that one would learn
> in grammar school. Maybe Morphy flunked grammar school. I wouldn't doubt
> it if he has this much problem with a simple case of figuring the phone
> bill. Sheesh!
>
I think I figured it out.
First you have to buy a calculator. Becuase this requires both subraction and
multiplication.
Then you instruct the calculator how to do the computation.
If you have trouble doing that just consult your bill, we already did that for
you.
The answer you get is 71.
Now, do you really think we'd send you a bill for 71c? Of course not. So any
fool can tell it must be $71.
Now just pay the bill and we'll send this to collections.
Which reminds me of a story.
A freind of mine was an economist for the Bell System. His family was from NO
and his mother was a neice of Carlos Marcello.
My freind was not in the family business but many of his cousins were.
when I moved to SF he told me that I should call him the next time I'm going to
spend a weekend in Reno and he'd put me in contact with a couple of cousins in
Reno who could show me the town.
I told him, "I'm not sure I really want to meet your family, David".
He laughed. "Well, it's true that they're in the business but they went college
and work the front room, they aren't in collections."
Gary Carson
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 18:39:42
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Gary - I don't think the total bill was for 71 cents (although I have gotten
some even smaller). This was an add on for the usage.
"Gary Carson" <garycarson@alumni.northwestern.edu > wrote in message
news:1165795215$919335@recpoker.com...
> Now, do you really think we'd send you a bill for 71c? Of course not. So
> any
> fool can tell it must be $71.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 21:17:17
From: A Man Beaten by Jacks
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Sun, 10 Dec 06 2:12:31 GMT, Tanya AKA MissT74 <43084303@recpoker.com > wrote:
>It's posts/threads like this that make me ecstatic that I still don't have
>speakers, thus preventing me from listening to the phone call.
>; )
I had to turn it off halfway through or I would have stuck forks
into my eyeballs.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 23:45:40
From: Monty_Burns
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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OMG Paul. Are you serious? Read this slowly. 0.002 cents per KW/Hr
means you can use 500 KW/Hrs for 1 cent. 0.002 dollars per KW/Hr means
you can use 500 KW/Hrs for 1 dollar. A huge difference.
The rate is not just 0.002.....it is 0.002 per cent (penny). A rate
has a numerator and a demoninator. The neighbohood salad bar is $3.49
per pound. You buy 1 pound of salad you pay $3.49. If the rate was
3.49 cents per pound you would pay $0.0349 (about 3 1/2 cents) for a
pound of salad.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 20:06:24
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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OK, now I know your trolling.
Got me.
"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:LQJeh.67531$si3.4972@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>
> "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:9h5s44xc7i.ln2@recgroups.com...
>>> I never heard the rate to be .002. I heard them say .002 CENTS
>>
>> Well that's cause you listened to it. Sparky here admitted to not
>> listening to it, which of course is why he's an authority on it.
>>
>
> I DID listen to it, if it is I that you are referring to when you say
> 'Sparky'. You're the one who is confused. You're still hung up on the
> rate. If you carry it out at .002 cents, you get the SAME result,
> dumbass.
> THAT'S what counts. It's the TOTAL BALANCE on the phone bill, you idiot.
> I
> don't know how many bills you have to pay, but usually the balance is in a
> little box at the bottom or at the top. Sometimes they want you to
> include
> a portion of the bill if you pay by check. It is the TOTAL balance
> figured
> at that rate, that you should send in. I pay most of my bills with online
> banking. It's easier that way. Maybe you should consider doing that too
> since you seem to be a little sluggish in the figuring department. It's
> just basic grammar school stuff, Morphy. Sorry to disappoint you.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
>
>
>
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 19:52:49
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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teehee
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:9h5s44xc7i.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> I never heard the rate to be .002. I heard them say .002 CENTS
>
> Well that's cause you listened to it. Sparky here admitted to not
> listening to it, which of course is why he's an authority on it.
>
> Morphy
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 17:25:32
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> Wow. I don't believe it. Such a display, Morphy. Ok, fine with me, the
> discussion is OVER. It's just that you young people think you are so smart,
> and you are so quick to call other people names. I don't see why this
> couldn't have stayed civil. It is YOU young people mostly who have been
> denied a good education in math and basics. You've had machines do
> everything for you, and now you have difficulty even using your head for
> simple calculations. One more time, I wasn't talking exclusively about the
> RATE, even though over and over it was said to be .002. If you can't see
> that the BALANCE on the phone bill remains the same after you multiply the
> total phone USAGE, then Morphy, I think it is ironic that you call ME a
> fucking idiot. You need to do a little self-examination, buddy. Now I'm
> going to dinner. Hopefully some of you will realize your error and there
> will be an apology waiting for me when I get back.
I'm sorry you're a fucking idiot. Is that better?
Listen, say what you want about me, but when the day is over I'll go to
bed knowing the difference between .002 cents, and .002 dollars. You
won't.
Morphy
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 19:04:54
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:NRIeh.67513$si3.62410@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> It doesn't MATTER, the rate was .002
.002 what?
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Nick Wool
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10 2006 12:50 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote in message
> news:tb1s44xs0i.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
> > If you don't see this, you really should work for Verizon.
> >
>
> What's there to see, Morphy? Look, I don't want to argue with you. And I
> want to mention that I really did like your music. I really did. But just
> as it would be hard for you to explain music to someone like me who doesn't
> know musical notes or nothing, then it is the same as me trying to explain
> finances to you. Hello! It doesn't MATTER, the rate was .002 and when
> finally calculated the amount of the FINAL bill is the same. Don't you see
> that?
>
> -Paul
No, because the bill for .002 dollars and .002 cents per unit would be
different...by a factor of a 100...if you used 1000 units at .002 dollars per
unit, the bill would be 2 dollars, whereas if you used 1000 units at .002 cents
per unit, the bill would be 2 cents.
See?
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 01:02:00
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com > wrote in message
news:1165712169$918899@recpoker.com...
>
>
> No, because the bill for .002 dollars and .002 cents per unit would be
> different...by a factor of a 100...if you used 1000 units at .002 dollars
> per
> unit, the bill would be 2 dollars, whereas if you used 1000 units at .002
> cents
> per unit, the bill would be 2 cents.
>
> See?
>
Nick, I'm not EVEN talking anything about the exchange rate between the two
nation's currency. Even though, in Canada I believe their money is also
called "dollars". I don't think that is what the recording was saying at
all. After I go out and have dinner, I will come back and listen to the
whole thing. It was over 20 minutes. But I listened to enough to get the
gist of it. The final result would be found by multiplying the total phone
usuage, by the RATE. And the rate was .002. Obviously you have to round up
or down to a whole number when your calculations are final. Either way, the
guy owed about $70, no matter how you look at it.
Now, do YOU see?
-Paul
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Nick Wool
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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whatever....I give up, you win.
On Dec 10 2006 1:02 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165712169$918899@recpoker.com...
> >
>
> >
> > No, because the bill for .002 dollars and .002 cents per unit would be
> > different...by a factor of a 100...if you used 1000 units at .002 dollars
> > per
> > unit, the bill would be 2 dollars, whereas if you used 1000 units at .002
> > cents
> > per unit, the bill would be 2 cents.
> >
> > See?
> >
>
> Nick, I'm not EVEN talking anything about the exchange rate between the two
> nation's currency. Even though, in Canada I believe their money is also
> called "dollars". I don't think that is what the recording was saying at
> all. After I go out and have dinner, I will come back and listen to the
> whole thing. It was over 20 minutes. But I listened to enough to get the
> gist of it. The final result would be found by multiplying the total phone
> usuage, by the RATE. And the rate was .002. Obviously you have to round up
> or down to a whole number when your calculations are final. Either way, the
> guy owed about $70, no matter how you look at it.
>
> Now, do YOU see?
>
> -Paul
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 01:11:48
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com > wrote in message
news:1165712689$918906@recpoker.com...
> whatever....I give up, you win.
>
Thankyou, Nick. Now maybe you can help me explain it to the others, if they
don't get it after they think about it a little while. I know it seems
confusing at first, until, of course, you give it more thought and it
becomes clear.
Thanks,
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 21:14:13
From: kurtissimo
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Excellent troll. Even better than that PhilIvey77 guy.
Bask, one and all, for we are in the presence of greatness.
On Dec 9 2006 9:11 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165712689$918906@recpoker.com...
>
> > whatever....I give up, you win.
> >
>
>
> Thankyou, Nick. Now maybe you can help me explain it to the others, if they
> don't get it after they think about it a little while. I know it seems
> confusing at first, until, of course, you give it more thought and it
> becomes clear.
>
> Thanks,
> -Paul
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 18:52:33
From:
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165712169$918899@recpoker.com...
> >
>
> >
> > No, because the bill for .002 dollars and .002 cents per unit would be
> > different...by a factor of a 100...if you used 1000 units at .002 dollars
> > per
> > unit, the bill would be 2 dollars, whereas if you used 1000 units at .002
> > cents
> > per unit, the bill would be 2 cents.
> >
> > See?
> >
>
> Nick, I'm not EVEN talking anything about the exchange rate between the two
> nation's currency. Even though, in Canada I believe their money is also
> called "dollars". I don't think that is what the recording was saying at
> all. After I go out and have dinner, I will come back and listen to the
> whole thing. It was over 20 minutes. But I listened to enough to get the
> gist of it. The final result would be found by multiplying the total phone
> usuage, by the RATE. And the rate was .002. Obviously you have to round up
> or down to a whole number when your calculations are final. Either way, the
> guy owed about $70, no matter how you look at it.
>
> Now, do YOU see?
>
> -Paul
what stupid MF you are.
AA
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 14:08:34
From: xyious
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10 2006 1:50 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:tb1s44xs0i.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
> > If you don't see this, you really should work for Verizon.
> >
>
> What's there to see, Morphy? Look, I don't want to argue with you. And I
> want to mention that I really did like your music. I really did. But just
> as it would be hard for you to explain music to someone like me who doesn't
> know musical notes or nothing, then it is the same as me trying to explain
> finances to you. Hello! It doesn't MATTER, the rate was .002 and when
> finally calculated the amount of the FINAL bill is the same. Don't you see
> that?
seriously.... wow.
>
> -Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 13:26:14
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>
> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>
> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> out the unfit to exist.
Wow, that actually caused me physical pain. I was with Verizon a number
of years ago, and they never got my bill right. Not once in a 2 year
span. Now I know why. They hire the terminally stupid. It's a
requirement.
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:01:44
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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I forgot to ask, was this in Quebec? The rest of Canada is kinda different,
y'know. Still, the money still comes out to .002 so you guys are
mistakingly thinking there is an error. But it's really just semantics.
-Paul Popinjay
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:m8mr44xteh.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>>
>> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
>> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>>
>> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
>> out the unfit to exist.
>
> Wow, that actually caused me physical pain. I was with Verizon a number
> of years ago, and they never got my bill right. Not once in a 2 year
> span. Now I know why. They hire the terminally stupid. It's a
> requirement.
>
> Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Nick Wool
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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so .002 cents and .002 dollars are the same, and its just semantics to think
they are different?
How about .002 of a million dollars? Is that the same as .002 dollars? After
all, they are both .002 of something.....
On Dec 10 2006 12:01 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> I forgot to ask, was this in Quebec? The rest of Canada is kinda different,
> y'know. Still, the money still comes out to .002 so you guys are
> mistakingly thinking there is an error. But it's really just semantics.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
>
>
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote in message
> news:m8mr44xteh.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
> >>
> >> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> >> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
> >>
> >> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> >> out the unfit to exist.
> >
> > Wow, that actually caused me physical pain. I was with Verizon a number
> > of years ago, and they never got my bill right. Not once in a 2 year
> > span. Now I know why. They hire the terminally stupid. It's a
> > requirement.
> >
> > Morphy
> > http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com/
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:46:04
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com > wrote in message
news:1165711068$918887@recpoker.com...
>
> so .002 cents and .002 dollars are the same, and its just semantics to
> think
> they are different?
>
> How about .002 of a million dollars? Is that the same as .002 dollars?
> After
> all, they are both .002 of something.....
>
I didn't say that, did I? I'm not an illiterate, Nick. But as it applies
to the TOTAL of the cell phone bill, it doesn't change the amount that
actually has to be PAID. Now does it? What counts is how much the customer
actually has to pay. And I don't know how much of the .002 applied to the
kilowatt hours. In fact, I barely understand what a kilowatt hour is. But
I do understand money. And that's the point. This recording may have been
a prank, but I'm sure the phone company knows what they're doing, and either
way you look at it the final phone bill amount would have been the same.
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:49:28
From: Susan
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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no one is arguing that the phone bill is what it is.
It is not, however, WHAT HE WAS QUOTED. Get it?
Peg promises you 100 kisses for .002 cents. How much do you expect to pay
her?
"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:gNIeh.67512$si3.63528@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> "Nick Wool" <43079532@recpoker.com> wrote in message
> news:1165711068$918887@recpoker.com...
>>
>> so .002 cents and .002 dollars are the same, and its just semantics to
>> think
>> they are different?
>>
>> How about .002 of a million dollars? Is that the same as .002 dollars?
>> After
>> all, they are both .002 of something.....
>>
>
>
> I didn't say that, did I? I'm not an illiterate, Nick. But as it applies
> to the TOTAL of the cell phone bill, it doesn't change the amount that
> actually has to be PAID. Now does it? What counts is how much the
> customer actually has to pay. And I don't know how much of the .002
> applied to the kilowatt hours. In fact, I barely understand what a
> kilowatt hour is. But I do understand money. And that's the point. This
> recording may have been a prank, but I'm sure the phone company knows what
> they're doing, and either way you look at it the final phone bill amount
> would have been the same.
>
> -Paul
>
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:56:10
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net > wrote in message
news:PPIeh.216$sZ4.61@newsfe06.lga...
> no one is arguing that the phone bill is what it is.
>
> It is not, however, WHAT HE WAS QUOTED. Get it?
>
> Peg promises you 100 kisses for .002 cents. How much do you expect to pay
> her?
>
100 kisses? I'd say that would be a real bargain. Peg's sweet.
But still, I am NOT arguing about the phone bill at all. You people just
aren't seeing the obvious when it's right in front of your face. I'm sure
after Man Beaten by Jacks thinks about this some more, he will realize the
absurdity of the situation. Hello Jacks! The rate WAS .002. Multiply by
the total phone USAGE, and you'll get the same bill total no matter how you
look at it. duh.
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 19:03:48
From: Susan
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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OK Paul. I'll buy your car for 20000 .002 cents. Deal?
"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
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> "Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:PPIeh.216$sZ4.61@newsfe06.lga...
>> no one is arguing that the phone bill is what it is.
>>
>> It is not, however, WHAT HE WAS QUOTED. Get it?
>>
>> Peg promises you 100 kisses for .002 cents. How much do you expect to
>> pay her?
>>
>
> 100 kisses? I'd say that would be a real bargain. Peg's sweet.
>
> But still, I am NOT arguing about the phone bill at all. You people just
> aren't seeing the obvious when it's right in front of your face. I'm sure
> after Man Beaten by Jacks thinks about this some more, he will realize the
> absurdity of the situation. Hello Jacks! The rate WAS .002. Multiply by
> the total phone USAGE, and you'll get the same bill total no matter how
> you look at it. duh.
>
> -Paul
>
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 01:09:15
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net > wrote in message
news:b1Jeh.220$sZ4.206@newsfe06.lga...
> OK Paul. I'll buy your car for 20000 .002 cents. Deal?
>
>
I drive a truck. But since this is getting a little tiresome for me, when I
get back from dinner I will listen to it again, all 22 minutes of it, and
then try to explain to you people how you are obviously wrong. I'll try to
be patient. But before I leave, just try to think of it in terms of what
the FINAL phone bill amount would be, and maybe you'll see your error before
I get back. What really surprises me is Nick Wool's outlook. I had read
some of his poker posts before but did not appreciate fully what a confused
man he is.
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 16:16:26
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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> I forgot to ask, was this in Quebec? The rest of Canada is kinda different,
> y'know. Still, the money still comes out to .002 so you guys are
> mistakingly thinking there is an error. But it's really just semantics.
You work for Verizon too?
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:21:49
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:q70s44x8vh.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> I forgot to ask, was this in Quebec? The rest of Canada is kinda
>> different,
>> y'know. Still, the money still comes out to .002 so you guys are
>> mistakingly thinking there is an error. But it's really just semantics.
>
> You work for Verizon too?
>
No, I don't. But I can understand how frustrating dealing with these cell
phone companies is. I have only had three different phones in the last
decade and I have held off upgrading because I know how difficult it is to
understand the plans. Still, though, in this particular case the figure
they were talking about still translates into .002. So the final phone bill
would be the same no matter what the semantics of it are. It all comes down
to how much you're supposed to pay.
-Paul
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 21:44:00
From: pokerchimp
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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Because I am obviously a stupid donk, please explain to me how .002 of $1
= .002 of 1 cent
On Dec 9 2006 7:21 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:q70s44x8vh.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >> I forgot to ask, was this in Quebec? The rest of Canada is kinda
> >> different,
> >> y'know. Still, the money still comes out to .002 so you guys are
> >> mistakingly thinking there is an error. But it's really just semantics.
> >
> > You work for Verizon too?
> >
>
>
> No, I don't. But I can understand how frustrating dealing with these cell
> phone companies is. I have only had three different phones in the last
> decade and I have held off upgrading because I know how difficult it is to
> understand the plans. Still, though, in this particular case the figure
> they were talking about still translates into .002. So the final phone bill
> would be the same no matter what the semantics of it are. It all comes down
> to how much you're supposed to pay.
>
> -Paul
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 06:06:03
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"pokerchimp" <mixthing@se.rr.com > wrote in message
news:0ejs44xnvi.ln2@recgroups.com...
> Because I am obviously a stupid donk, please explain to me how .002 of $1
> = .002 of 1 cent
>
Pokerchimp, I don't think you're a stupid donk. But of course .002 of $1 is
different than .002 of 1 cent. I'm not a stupid donk either, Pokerchimp.
But when you multiply by the RATE, and divide over the kilowatt hours,
you'll come up with the same amount on the bill either way. Obviously the
phone company knows what they are doing, and it is not my fault nor their
fault if several of the idiots in this thread cannot understand simple math.
Besides, one phone bill cannot possibly be 100 times bigger or smaller than
the typical month's bill without coming to someone's attention. None of the
geniuses here ever mentioned that, now did they. So no matter how you look
at it, what they quoted and what they charged were the same thing, and it
has nothing to do with semantics or the region of Canada where the calls
were made in.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 11:49:43
From: your name
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:ftNeh.52502$Fg.19426@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> "pokerchimp" <mixthing@se.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:0ejs44xnvi.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
>> Because I am obviously a stupid donk, please explain to me how .002 of $1
>> = .002 of 1 cent
>>
>
> Pokerchimp, I don't think you're a stupid donk. But of course .002 of $1
> is different than .002 of 1 cent. I'm not a stupid donk either,
> Pokerchimp. But when you multiply by the RATE, and divide over the
> kilowatt hours, you'll come up with the same amount on the bill either
> way. Obviously the phone company knows what they are doing, and it is not
> my fault nor their fault if several of the idiots in this thread cannot
> understand simple math. Besides, one phone bill cannot possibly be 100
> times bigger or smaller than the typical month's bill without coming to
> someone's attention. None of the geniuses here ever mentioned that, now
> did they. So no matter how you look at it, what they quoted and what they
> charged were the same thing, and it has nothing to do with semantics or
> the region of Canada where the calls were made in.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
Let me simplify this for you Paul. You seemed confused and unable to
attribute what the RATE that you like to quote IS ( and the customer was
billed) versus what the RATE that he was quoted ( and what he expected to be
billed)
The actual RATE is .002 of one dollar. We understand that IS what the rate
is, but the fact remains...
He was quoted .002 of one cent( which equate to (.71), which is 1/100 of the
actual rate( which is 71), so by quoting him that rate they are misleading
him.
If you still don't get it think about it this way...
I will give you .002 of a cent for every .002 of a dollar you give me.
Sound like a deal, why not ? The rate is .002 for each of us...right?
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 17:20:02
From: John A. Fish
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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your name wrote:
> "Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:ftNeh.52502$Fg.19426@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>
> Let me simplify this for you Paul. You seemed confused and unable to
> attribute what the RATE that you like to quote IS ( and the customer was
> billed) versus what the RATE that he was quoted ( and what he expected to be
> billed)
> The actual RATE is .002 of one dollar. We understand that IS what the rate
> is, but the fact remains...
> He was quoted .002 of one cent( which equate to (.71), which is 1/100 of the
> actual rate( which is 71), so by quoting him that rate they are misleading
> him.
> If you still don't get it think about it this way...
>
> I will give you .002 of a cent for every .002 of a dollar you give me.
> Sound like a deal, why not ? The rate is .002 for each of us...right?
I think I see your point and I would be the last person to try to
improve upon Paul's reasoning but aren't you forgetting that the quoted
rate was per kilobyte. That's a thousand. So if you think that
dividing by 100 to make cents from dollars is right wouldn't you need to
multiply by one thousand also to account for the kilo part? That would
make the bill $710. If I were that guy I would keep my mouth shut. $71
is not that bad for all those bytes. Especially if it is Canadian
dollars. And he was probably watching pr0n anyway.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 16:33:53
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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> No, I don't. But I can understand how frustrating dealing with these cell
> phone companies is. I have only had three different phones in the last
> decade and I have held off upgrading because I know how difficult it is to
> understand the plans. Still, though, in this particular case the figure
> they were talking about still translates into .002. So the final phone bill
> would be the same no matter what the semantics of it are. It all comes down
> to how much you're supposed to pay.
I know you're really good at trolling, but this seems pretty out there. I
honestly believe that you believe what you are saying is correct. In that
case, I don't know what to say.
Morphy
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:41:43
From: Susan
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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Im starting to wonder if he is trolling or not.
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:h81s44xp0i.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> No, I don't. But I can understand how frustrating dealing with these
>> cell
>> phone companies is. I have only had three different phones in the last
>> decade and I have held off upgrading because I know how difficult it is
>> to
>> understand the plans. Still, though, in this particular case the figure
>> they were talking about still translates into .002. So the final phone
>> bill
>> would be the same no matter what the semantics of it are. It all comes
>> down
>> to how much you're supposed to pay.
>
> I know you're really good at trolling, but this seems pretty out there. I
> honestly believe that you believe what you are saying is correct. In that
> case, I don't know what to say.
>
> Morphy
> http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com
>
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:19:39
From: Susan
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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no, he's a math professor a UCBakersfield.
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:q70s44x8vh.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> I forgot to ask, was this in Quebec? The rest of Canada is kinda
>> different,
>> y'know. Still, the money still comes out to .002 so you guys are
>> mistakingly thinking there is an error. But it's really just semantics.
>
> You work for Verizon too?
>
> Morphy
> http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com
>
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 15:38:22
From: Susan
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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what amazed me even more was the patience that guy showed. I would have
lost it in the first 4 minutes.
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:m8mr44xteh.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>>
>> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
>> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>>
>> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
>> out the unfit to exist.
>
> Wow, that actually caused me physical pain. I was with Verizon a number
> of years ago, and they never got my bill right. Not once in a 2 year
> span. Now I know why. They hire the terminally stupid. It's a
> requirement.
>
> Morphy
> http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com
>
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Gary Carson
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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On Dec 9 2006 3:37 PM, Susan wrote:
> what amazed me even more was the patience that guy showed. I would have
> lost it in the first 4 minutes.
>
This was his third call and he was taping it to put on his blog so he was being
very careful to not lose it.
If you listen closely in the background you can here his girlfriend talkikng to
him, telling him to "Put a wooden stake through her heart and go attack them
with pitchforks".
>
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote in message
> news:m8mr44xteh.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
> >>
> >> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> >> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
> >>
> >> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> >> out the unfit to exist.
> >
> > Wow, that actually caused me physical pain. I was with Verizon a number
> > of years ago, and they never got my bill right. Not once in a 2 year
> > span. Now I know why. They hire the terminally stupid. It's a
> > requirement.
> >
> > Morphy
> > http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com/
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Date: 09 Dec 22:01:20
From: Kincaid
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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No kidding.
Is there a cure for stupidity? William Shockley said that all people with an IQ
under 100 should be sterilized. (Shockley was also a brutal bigot, so I won't
quote him further)
Anyway... we have to raise the standards in schools. Have you ever looked at a
high school math final exam from 1970 and compared it to today? One from 1940?
Yeah... we're teaching kids to be stupid.
On Dec 9 2006 1:37 PM, Susan wrote:
> what amazed me even more was the patience that guy showed. I would have
> lost it in the first 4 minutes.
>
>
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote in message
> news:m8mr44xteh.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
> >>
> >> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> >> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
> >>
> >> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> >> out the unfit to exist.
> >
> > Wow, that actually caused me physical pain. I was with Verizon a number
> > of years ago, and they never got my bill right. Not once in a 2 year
> > span. Now I know why. They hire the terminally stupid. It's a
> > requirement.
> >
> > Morphy
> > http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com/
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 13:48:28
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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> what amazed me even more was the patience that guy showed. I would have
> lost it in the first 4 minutes.
Yeah no kidding. WTF do you do in that situation? I mean, he talked to a
few people, then got the first "manager", then got the supervisor chick
with the IQ of my left slipper. (Sorry, slipper). Where do you go from
there? Do you say "listen, give me one of your first level computer
support technicians"??? You can hear the feeling of helplessness in his
voice, almost as if he realizes he isn't going anywhere.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 17:57:14
From: your name
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:cinr44xpgh.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> what amazed me even more was the patience that guy showed. I would have
>> lost it in the first 4 minutes.
>
> Yeah no kidding. WTF do you do in that situation? I mean, he talked to a
> few people, then got the first "manager", then got the supervisor chick
> with the IQ of my left slipper. (Sorry, slipper). Where do you go from
> there? Do you say "listen, give me one of your first level computer
> support technicians"??? You can hear the feeling of helplessness in his
> voice, almost as if he realizes he isn't going anywhere.
>
I think the reason he didnt lose it( thought it sounded close in several
spots) is that he was trying( succesfully) to get these morons to make his
point for him and record it.
I am sure he DID lose it on other occasions and THAT frustration lead him to
this.
Womder( i am sure it has) if this link has hit the verizon usenet group(s).
There are actually reps that post in those, interesting to see what official
reaction of verizon will be.
Hate to be one of those moron CS reps.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 01:04:30
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"your name" <trapspam@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:EZIeh.29690$xM4.28169@newsfe07.phx...
>
>>
>
> I think the reason he didnt lose it( thought it sounded close in several
> spots) is that he was trying( succesfully) to get these morons to make his
> point for him and record it.
> I am sure he DID lose it on other occasions and THAT frustration lead him
> to this.
>
> Womder( i am sure it has) if this link has hit the verizon usenet
> group(s). There are actually reps that post in those, interesting to see
> what official reaction of verizon will be.
>
> Hate to be one of those moron CS reps.
>
Obviously this was a pre-arrange prank, but what you are missing is that the
figure of the PHONE BILL, would actually be the same no matter what
semantics are involved. The rate was .002, regardless. You really
shouldn't cast stones when calling anyone a moron.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 23:51:32
From: your name
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:y2Jeh.52467$Fg.49973@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> "your name" <trapspam@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:EZIeh.29690$xM4.28169@newsfe07.phx...
>>
>>>
>>
>> I think the reason he didnt lose it( thought it sounded close in several
>> spots) is that he was trying( succesfully) to get these morons to make
>> his point for him and record it.
>> I am sure he DID lose it on other occasions and THAT frustration lead him
>> to this.
>>
>> Womder( i am sure it has) if this link has hit the verizon usenet
>> group(s). There are actually reps that post in those, interesting to see
>> what official reaction of verizon will be.
>>
>> Hate to be one of those moron CS reps.
>>
>
> Obviously this was a pre-arrange prank, but what you are missing is that
> the figure of the PHONE BILL, would actually be the same no matter what
> semantics are involved. The rate was .002, regardless. You really
> shouldn't cast stones when calling anyone a moron.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
What?
You really cant be that dense.
If the figure on the phone bill was what he was quoted, the bill would have
been for .71 cents.
We have figured out that the rate IS .002 dollars per kilobyte, and he
should have been quoted a rate of 2 /1000's of a DOLLAR( not CENT) per
kilobyte of data transferred, but the point remains he was quoted 2
thousands of a cent per kilobyte of data transferred and those reps don't
see the difference. That's why they are morons, and I still wouldn't want
to be one of those idiots when the boss confronts them.
.002 (of a )cent and .002 (of a) dollar.
A Cent is .01
A Dollar is 1
So if quoted .002 of a cent ( which the reps quoted numerous times) per
kilobyte you take .01 x .002 x 35894 = .7197
Right? That is in cents... POINT 7197
If quoted .002 of a dollar( which is what the rep should have said) you
take1 x .002x35894 = 71.97
The end result in dollars.
Get it yet?
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 07:18:50
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"your name" <trapspam@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:P9Oeh.31041$xM4.8386@newsfe07.phx...
>
> What?
> You really cant be that dense.
> If the figure on the phone bill was what he was quoted, the bill would
> have been for .71 cents.
>
> We have figured out that the rate IS .002 dollars per kilobyte, and he
> should have been quoted a rate of 2 /1000's of a DOLLAR( not CENT) per
> kilobyte of data transferred, but the point remains he was quoted 2
> thousands of a cent per kilobyte of data transferred and those reps don't
> see the difference. That's why they are morons, and I still wouldn't want
> to be one of those idiots when the boss confronts them.
>
> .002 (of a )cent and .002 (of a) dollar.
> A Cent is .01
> A Dollar is 1
> So if quoted .002 of a cent ( which the reps quoted numerous times) per
> kilobyte you take .01 x .002 x 35894 = .7197
> Right? That is in cents... POINT 7197
> If quoted .002 of a dollar( which is what the rep should have said) you
> take1 x .002x35894 = 71.97
> The end result in dollars.
> Get it yet?
>
How do you figure the bill was 71-cents? The bill was $71 after they
multiplied the usage by the RATE, where as Gary Carson just said, the rate
of c=.002, divided over the kilowatt hours, divided by 60 to account for the
minutes, and your TOTAL balance on the phone bill would be the same, about
$71.00 no matter which way you look at it. Isn't it the TOTAL amount of the
bill to be paid that really matters? Who in their right mind would only pay
a 100th of the bill? You're not making much sense. You're just as wrong as
Morphy and Gary Carson.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 10:24:31
From: Gary Carson
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10 2006 1:18 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "your name" wrote in message
> news:P9Oeh.31041$xM4.8386@newsfe07.phx...
>
> >
> > What?
> > You really cant be that dense.
> > If the figure on the phone bill was what he was quoted, the bill would
> > have been for .71 cents.
> >
> > We have figured out that the rate IS .002 dollars per kilobyte, and he
> > should have been quoted a rate of 2 /1000's of a DOLLAR( not CENT) per
> > kilobyte of data transferred, but the point remains he was quoted 2
> > thousands of a cent per kilobyte of data transferred and those reps don't
> > see the difference. That's why they are morons, and I still wouldn't want
> > to be one of those idiots when the boss confronts them.
> >
> > .002 (of a )cent and .002 (of a) dollar.
> > A Cent is .01
> > A Dollar is 1
> > So if quoted .002 of a cent ( which the reps quoted numerous times) per
> > kilobyte you take .01 x .002 x 35894 = .7197
> > Right? That is in cents... POINT 7197
> > If quoted .002 of a dollar( which is what the rep should have said) you
> > take1 x .002x35894 = 71.97
> > The end result in dollars.
> > Get it yet?
> >
>
> How do you figure the bill was 71-cents? The bill was $71 after they
> multiplied the usage by the RATE, where as Gary Carson just said, the rate
> of c=.002, divided over the kilowatt hours, divided by 60 to account for the
> minutes, and your TOTAL balance on the phone bill would be the same, about
> $71.00 no matter which way you look at it. Isn't it the TOTAL amount of the
> bill to be paid that really matters? Who in their right mind would only pay
> a 100th of the bill? You're not making much sense. You're just as wrong as
> Morphy and Gary Carson.
The quoted rate is .002 cents.
If you want to calulate the bill in dollars you need to use the dollar rate --
which is .00002, not .002
>
> -Paul Popinjay
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 15:55:04
From: Susan
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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have you ever heard this one? I actually had the EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE as
this guy.
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/top/the-best-thing-we-have-ever-posted:-reader-tries-to-cancel-aol-180392.php
"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
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>> what amazed me even more was the patience that guy showed. I would have
>> lost it in the first 4 minutes.
>
> Yeah no kidding. WTF do you do in that situation? I mean, he talked to a
> few people, then got the first "manager", then got the supervisor chick
> with the IQ of my left slipper. (Sorry, slipper). Where do you go from
> there? Do you say "listen, give me one of your first level computer
> support technicians"??? You can hear the feeling of helplessness in his
> voice, almost as if he realizes he isn't going anywhere.
>
> Morphy
> http://donkeymanifesto.blogspot.com
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 14:07:03
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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> have you ever heard this one? I actually had the EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE as
> this guy.
>
>
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/top/the-best-thing-we-have-ever-posted:-reader-tries-to-cancel-aol-180392.php
Hahah yes, I've been there. The old Prodigy, maybe 1992 or so. Then
trying to get Verizon service cancelled. That took 4 phone calls. I even
called one guy flat out a liar, told him he wasn't going to do it, and
challenged him to a bet that I would call the next day and it still would
work. He got all cocky and told me that he took pride in his job and that
he assured me it would happen. Next day, sure enough, he didn't do it.
Instead, he put my account into "dispute" mode and I had to go through a
whole bunch of other idiots.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 15:19:55
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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that was amazing
"A Man Beaten by Jacks" <nobody@fool.foo > wrote in message
news:216mn2997lkvd9f8tf9bkhrb4lit3eiecd@4ax.com...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>
> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>
> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> out the unfit to exist.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 23:44:07
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net > wrote in message
news:ALFeh.40$7n3.0@newsfe04.lga...
> that was amazing
>
What's so amazing about it, though, Susan? If you look past the difference
between Canadian monetary units and U.S. monetary units you'll end up with
the same for both figures. Are you guys just talking semantics?
-Paul Popinjay
>
> "A Man Beaten by Jacks" <nobody@fool.foo> wrote in message
> news:216mn2997lkvd9f8tf9bkhrb4lit3eiecd@4ax.com...
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>>
>> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
>> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>>
>> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
>> out the unfit to exist.
>
>
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 17:46:29
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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huh?
"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
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> "Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:ALFeh.40$7n3.0@newsfe04.lga...
>
>> that was amazing
>>
>
> What's so amazing about it, though, Susan? If you look past the
> difference between Canadian monetary units and U.S. monetary units you'll
> end up with the same for both figures. Are you guys just talking
> semantics?
>
> -Paul Popinjay
>
>
>>
>> "A Man Beaten by Jacks" <nobody@fool.foo> wrote in message
>> news:216mn2997lkvd9f8tf9bkhrb4lit3eiecd@4ax.com...
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>>>
>>> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
>>> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>>>
>>> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
>>> out the unfit to exist.
>>
>>
>
>
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 23:50:40
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net > wrote in message
news:6VHeh.28$jI7.8@newsfe03.lga...
> huh?
>
>
Well I didn't listen to the whole thing but when you convert it to U.S.
dollars it stills comes out to .002. So I don't know what you guys have a
problem with. Unless I'm missing something. Do I need to listen to the
whole thing? It was pretty long.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 18:00:56
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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no sweetie, I know you lead a busy life. You don't have to listen.
and of course, you are right as always.
Your ardent admirer,
RazzO
"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
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> "Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:6VHeh.28$jI7.8@newsfe03.lga...
>
>> huh?
>>
>>
>
> Well I didn't listen to the whole thing but when you convert it to U.S.
> dollars it stills comes out to .002. So I don't know what you guys have a
> problem with. Unless I'm missing something. Do I need to listen to the
> whole thing? It was pretty long.
>
>
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 00:05:16
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Susan" <sdbratt48@netscape.net > wrote in message
news:A6Ieh.30$jI7.25@newsfe03.lga...
> no sweetie, I know you lead a busy life. You don't have to listen.
>
> and of course, you are right as always.
>
I don't know if you are being sarcastic or what. Obviously I am not always
right, but I'm right very often. And this is one of those times that I am
correct. What's really amazing is that Man Beaten by Jacks is going to law
school. I guess math or finances just isn't his cup of tea. I don't mean
to sound insulting. Because seriously I really think Man Beaten by Jacks is
otherwise pretty smart.
-Paul
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Date: 10 Dec
From: Gary Carson
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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1$ isn't the same as 1c
so .002$ isn't the same as .002c
Payments are made in money, not in numbers.
What verison is doing is starting with a monetary rate expressed in c, dropping
the monetary part of it and doing a multiplication and using that number to
express a bill in $. No conversion between c and $ is ever made, they just
start with c and decide that c and $ are really the same. They must be the same
because there is a decimal point.
If they used an Asian call center they might not have clear English but they can
do 6th grade arithmetic.
No wonder we invaded Iraq. We're a nation of idiots.
On Dec 9 2006 6:05 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Susan" wrote in message
> news:A6Ieh.30$jI7.25@newsfe03.lga...
>
> > no sweetie, I know you lead a busy life. You don't have to listen.
> >
> > and of course, you are right as always.
> >
>
> I don't know if you are being sarcastic or what. Obviously I am not always
> right, but I'm right very often. And this is one of those times that I am
> correct. What's really amazing is that Man Beaten by Jacks is going to law
> school. I guess math or finances just isn't his cup of tea. I don't mean
> to sound insulting. Because seriously I really think Man Beaten by Jacks is
> otherwise pretty smart.
>
> -Paul
Gary Carson
http://www.garycarson.com
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 07:18:49
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Gary Carson" <garycarson@alumni.northwestern.edu > wrote in message
news:1165733738$919057@recpoker.com...
>
> 1$ isn't the same as 1c
> so .002$ isn't the same as .002c
>
> Payments are made in money, not in numbers.
>
Of course $1 is not the same as 1-cent. Who said it was? And the TOTAL
balance on the phone bill is not just a number, Gary. We all know it is
paid in dollars. But the RATE per the customer's phone usage was .002 and
when multiplied by the TOTAL usage, you get the same result either way. I
can't believe even YOU are not getting this. I used to think you were
pretty good at math. And here we have just a common problem that a kid in
grammar school would be learning to do, and you are as confused as Morphy.
Unbelievable.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 10:22:49
From: Gary Carson
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10 2006 1:18 AM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "Gary Carson" wrote in message
> news:1165733738$919057@recpoker.com...
> >
> > 1$ isn't the same as 1c
> > so .002$ isn't the same as .002c
> >
> > Payments are made in money, not in numbers.
> >
>
> Of course $1 is not the same as 1-cent. Who said it was? And the TOTAL
> balance on the phone bill is not just a number, Gary. We all know it is
> paid in dollars. But the RATE per the customer's phone usage was .002 and
> when multiplied by the TOTAL usage, you get the same result either way. I
> can't believe even YOU are not getting this. I used to think you were
> pretty good at math. And here we have just a common problem that a kid in
> grammar school would be learning to do, and you are as confused as Morphy.
> Unbelievable.
A clue as to what kids in grammer school today can do is given by every single
Verison person asked him, "Do you have a calculator". ie, the can use
calculators but can't do arithmetic. They have no understanding of units of
measurement.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
Gary Carson
http://www.garycarson.com
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 20:07:02
From: Lynx
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> Well I didn't listen to the whole thing but when you convert it to U.S.
> dollars it stills comes out to .002.
If you convert 0.002 cents to dollars it is 0.00002 dollars. By contrast,
0.002 dollars is 0.002 dollars. They are not the same.
> So I don't know what you guys have a
> problem with.
I'd like to think you're joking. If not, you're taking cluelessness to a
whole new level.
> Unless I'm missing something.
Uh, yup.
> Do I need to listen to the
> whole thing?
No, in your case I don't think it would make any difference.
> It was pretty long.
Yes, I imagine it would exceed your attention span.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 10:27:49
From: Grunty
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Paul Popinjay wrote:
> And I've had ENOUGH of the insults from you people. You guys can't do
> simple math because you've always had machines to do it for you. sheesh!
> Now you are apparently just arguing for the sake of arguing. You'll argue
> your point even in spite of me spelling it out slowly for you about how the
> phone bill should remain the same, adjusted of course by how much total
> phone usage there is. I think I'm done with it.
> What a bunch of stubborn numbskulls.
Paul,
Hello, I am one whom you haven't exchanged insults with.
I believe responding Morphy's question may help for the mutual
understanding of both positions (semantic vs. arithmetic), and come to
a clarification.
"XaQ Morphy" wrote:
> What is .002 cents times 35,000?
You may put the result either in cents or in dollars, whichever you
prefer.
Thank you.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 10:47:42
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> I believe responding Morphy's question may help for the mutual
> understanding of both positions (semantic vs. arithmetic), and come to
> a clarification.
>
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote:
>
> > What is .002 cents times 35,000?
>
> You may put the result either in cents or in dollars, whichever you
> prefer.
> Thank you.
See the problem is, if he answers this question, he won't be able to
continue to troll the thread. He'll talk his way around the issues as
much as he can, as trolls do, but once it comes time to answer a simple
question like this, he will have to dodge it.
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 19:02:12
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:eb1u44xf1r.ln2@recgroups.com...
>> I believe responding Morphy's question may help for the mutual
>> understanding of both positions (semantic vs. arithmetic), and come to
>> a clarification.
>>
>> "XaQ Morphy" wrote:
>>
>> > What is .002 cents times 35,000?
>>
>> You may put the result either in cents or in dollars, whichever you
>> prefer.
>> Thank you.
>
> See the problem is, if he answers this question, he won't be able to
> continue to troll the thread. He'll talk his way around the issues as
> much as he can, as trolls do, but once it comes time to answer a simple
> question like this, he will have to dodge it.
>
What are you talking about? It's already well established that the answer
to the question above is $71. And guess what, THAT is what the customer was
charged. Now isn't that right, Morphy? I didn't know you were hung up on
this simple case of multiplication. I apologize. If I had realized that's
all you needed to agree with where I stand, then I could have said the same
things two days ago. It's $71. ok? This is not some kind of troll. It's
just a case of semantics. And if anyone goes back to my first post in this
thread you'll see that THAT'S what I said from the beginning. It's
semantics. Either way, the bill is $71. geez!
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 11:08:12
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> What are you talking about? It's already well established that the answer
> to the question above is $71. And guess what, THAT is what the customer was
> charged. Now isn't that right, Morphy? I didn't know you were hung up on
> this simple case of multiplication. I apologize. If I had realized that's
> all you needed to agree with where I stand, then I could have said the same
> things two days ago. It's $71. ok? This is not some kind of troll. It's
> just a case of semantics. And if anyone goes back to my first post in this
> thread you'll see that THAT'S what I said from the beginning. It's
> semantics. Either way, the bill is $71. geez!
Just for clarification, please answer the following question:
What is .002 cents times 35,000?
A simple number answer is all that is needed, no explanation is necessary.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 20:01:10
From: Bill T
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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XaQ Morphy wrote:
>
> Just for clarification, please answer the following question:
>
> What is .002 cents times 35,000?
>
> A simple number answer is all that is needed, no explanation is necessary.
>
The answer is 42. Geez, how the fuck do supposedly sophisticated poker
players get into arguments about a simple 2+2=4.
You are correct, PP is wrong and probably retarded. End of story.
Bill T
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 20:21:53
From: Bill T
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> The answer is 42. Geez, how the fuck do supposedly sophisticated poker
> players get into arguments about a simple 2+2=4.
>
> You are correct, PP is wrong and probably retarded. End of story.
>
I should clarify.
Mental retardation is 2 SD below the norm. On the WAIS scale, that
means an IQ of 68. I doubt that any posters here actually have an IQ
that low. On the other hand, many posters here are innumerate.
Don't bother signing up for remedial math at the local high school. IQ
and personality are 50% genetic and fixed by adulthood. People should
just realize their limitations and stick to what they can do. If you
cannot add 2+2, that's fine; maybe you can sweep my driveway real well.
Bill T
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 19:19:13
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:sh2u44xf3r.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
> Just for clarification, please answer the following question:
>
> What is .002 cents times 35,000?
>
> A simple number answer is all that is needed, no explanation is necessary.
>
I just told you. It's 71. If you're having problems with the decimals,
then maybe you should go take a refresher course in grammar school math.
It's probably not necessary, though, because if you're an adult and you've
been getting along just fine in the world without these basic skills, then
it won't change your life style. I AM NOT CRITICIZING YOU! But don't try
to insult my intelligence when you don't know basic math. Quit jerking me
around.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 12:09:26
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> I just told you. It's 71. If you're having problems with the decimals,
> then maybe you should go take a refresher course in grammar school math.
> It's probably not necessary, though, because if you're an adult and you've
> been getting along just fine in the world without these basic skills, then
> it won't change your life style. I AM NOT CRITICIZING YOU! But don't try
> to insult my intelligence when you don't know basic math. Quit jerking me
> around.
Ok, your trolling skills are exceptional, but then again, so are mine.
Allow me to clarify the question further.
What is .002 cents times 35,000.
Please provide an answer in a dollar amount. The answer of "71" is not an
acceptable answer as it does not contain a monetary unit.
Thanks,
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 15:11:35
From: Bean
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On 2006-12-10 14:19:13 -0500, "Paul Popinjay"
<paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > said:
> "XaQ Morphy" <a1c5905@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:sh2u44xf3r.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
>>
>> Just for clarification, please answer the following question:
>>
>> What is .002 cents times 35,000?
>>
>> A simple number answer is all that is needed, no explanation is necessary.
>>
>
>
> I just told you. It's 71. If you're having problems with the
> decimals, then maybe you should go take a refresher course in grammar
> school math. It's probably not necessary, though, because if you're an
> adult and you've been getting along just fine in the world without
> these basic skills, then it won't change your life style. I AM NOT
> CRITICIZING YOU! But don't try to insult my intelligence when you
> don't know basic math. Quit jerking me around.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
71 what?
1 cent times 35,000 = 35,000 cents right?
1 dollar times 35,000 = 35,000 dollars right?
Now, does 35,000 cents = 35,000 dollars?
(If yes, I have a jar of pennies I would like to trade with you.)
Now:
.002 cents times 35,000 = 71 CENTS
.002 dollars times 35,000 = 71 DOLLARS
get it?
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 20:48:19
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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"Bean" <beanland@NOSPAMcomcast.net > wrote in message
news:2006121015113516807- >
> Now:
>
> .002 cents times 35,000 = 71 CENTS
> .002 dollars times 35,000 = 71 DOLLARS
>
> get it?
>
Ok, Bean. Yes, now I get it. That's all Morphy had to say in the first
place. Ok, I realize that the answer to the question as it appears here is
actually closer to 70. But in the recording there was some additional
amount that would have been rounded up to 71. I can fucking multilply. I'm
not stupid. Of course, .002 x 35000 is 70, not 71. But if that is the only
problem you people have with this, then that is quite petty. You've made a
BIG deal out of a few cents. So, I WAS wrong. ok? The total phone bill
should be closer to $70, rather than $71. Excuse the fuck out of me!
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 19:58:39
From: Bean
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On 2006-12-10 15:48:19 -0500, "Paul Popinjay"
<paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > said:
> "Bean" <beanland@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message news:2006121015113516807->
>> Now:
>>
>> .002 cents times 35,000 = 71 CENTS
>> .002 dollars times 35,000 = 71 DOLLARS
>>
>> get it?
>>
>
> Ok, Bean. Yes, now I get it. That's all Morphy had to say in the
> first place. Ok, I realize that the answer to the question as it
> appears here is actually closer to 70. But in the recording there was
> some additional amount that would have been rounded up to 71. I can
> fucking multilply. I'm not stupid. Of course, .002 x 35000 is 70, not
> 71. But if that is the only problem you people have with this, then
> that is quite petty. You've made a BIG deal out of a few cents. So, I
> WAS wrong. ok? The total phone bill should be closer to $70, rather
> than $71. Excuse the fuck out of me!
>
> -Paul Popinjay
The difference is over 7000 cents. You consider that a few cents?
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 15:41:31
From: Susan
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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award winning post here.
"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
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> "Bean" <beanland@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
> news:2006121015113516807->
>> Now:
>>
>> .002 cents times 35,000 = 71 CENTS
>> .002 dollars times 35,000 = 71 DOLLARS
>>
>> get it?
>>
>
> Ok, Bean. Yes, now I get it. That's all Morphy had to say in the first
> place. Ok, I realize that the answer to the question as it appears here
> is actually closer to 70. But in the recording there was some additional
> amount that would have been rounded up to 71. I can fucking multilply.
> I'm not stupid. Of course, .002 x 35000 is 70, not 71. But if that is
> the only problem you people have with this, then that is quite petty.
> You've made a BIG deal out of a few cents. So, I WAS wrong. ok? The
> total phone bill should be closer to $70, rather than $71. Excuse the
> fuck out of me!
>
> -Paul Popinjay
>
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Date: 10 Dec 21:26:16
From: Bill Starr
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10 2006 1:02 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote in message
> news:eb1u44xf1r.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >> I believe responding Morphy's question may help for the mutual
> >> understanding of both positions (semantic vs. arithmetic), and come to
> >> a clarification.
> >>
> >> "XaQ Morphy" wrote:
> >>
> >> > What is .002 cents times 35,000?
> >>
> >> You may put the result either in cents or in dollars, whichever you
> >> prefer.
> >> Thank you.
> >
> > See the problem is, if he answers this question, he won't be able to
> > continue to troll the thread. He'll talk his way around the issues as
> > much as he can, as trolls do, but once it comes time to answer a simple
> > question like this, he will have to dodge it.
> >
>
>
> What are you talking about? It's already well established that the answer
> to the question above is $71. And guess what, THAT is what the customer was
> charged. Now isn't that right, Morphy? I didn't know you were hung up on
> this simple case of multiplication. I apologize. If I had realized that's
> all you needed to agree with where I stand, then I could have said the same
> things two days ago. It's $71. ok? This is not some kind of troll. It's
> just a case of semantics. And if anyone goes back to my first post in this
> thread you'll see that THAT'S what I said from the beginning. It's
> semantics. Either way, the bill is $71. geez!
>
> -Paul Popinjay
You keep repeating that it is a case of semantics, I believe it is a case of
mathematics. However I could be wrong.
Bill
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 13:45:15
From: XaQ Morphy
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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> You keep repeating that it is a case of semantics, I believe it is a case of
> mathematics. However I could be wrong.
It's a case of trolling is what it really is.
Morphy
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 19:54:35
From: Bill T
Subject: Re: Verizon morons
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Grunty wrote:
> Paul Popinjay wrote:
>
>> And I've had ENOUGH of the insults from you people. You guys can't do
>> simple math because you've always had machines to do it for you. sheesh!
>> Now you are apparently just arguing for the sake of arguing. You'll argue
>> your point even in spite of me spelling it out slowly for you about how the
>> phone bill should remain the same, adjusted of course by how much total
>> phone usage there is. I think I'm done with it.
>> What a bunch of stubborn numbskulls.
>
> Paul,
> Hello, I am one whom you haven't exchanged insults with.
>
> I believe responding Morphy's question may help for the mutual
> understanding of both positions (semantic vs. arithmetic), and come to
> a clarification.
>
> "XaQ Morphy" wrote:
>
>> What is .002 cents times 35,000?
>
> You may put the result either in cents or in dollars, whichever you
> prefer.
> Thank you.
>
I think it is obvious there is only one Verizon moron on this thread.
Or maybe he is being the uber-troll.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 18:54:59
From:
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "xyious" <a52dfe8@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:cudu44xe5s.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
> > reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
> > the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
> > but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
> >
>
> This is known as a pecking order. You, like a stupid chicken, see the rest
> of the birds picking on me. So you join in too, because you see the crowd
> doing it. That's mob mentality. Instead of showing some principle, Xyious,
> and standing by me when I am right, you have chosen to go with the mob
> majority and attack me even though you know they are wrong. This shows your
> lack of integrity. You're just another coward.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
you are one dumb son of a bitch.
AA
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 18:43:58
From: Old Wolf
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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WuzYoungOnceToo wrote:
> The current spat with Paul not withstanding...I find it funny that the
> guy actually believed he was going to be able to transfer 1 MB across a
> cellular network for just over 2 cents.
Well, one of the cellular companies here offers a 1GB
data plan for NZ$29.95/month. Funnily enough that does
work out to just over 2 US cents for 1MB.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 16:52:24
From: WuzYoungOnceToo
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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A Man Beaten by Jacks wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
>
> Insanely idiotic morons refuse to acknowledge the difference
> between .002 cents and .002 dollars.
>
> Clinching proof that evolutionary forces have ceased to weed
> out the unfit to exist.
The current spat with Paul not withstanding...I find it funny that the
guy actually believed he was going to be able to transfer 1 MB across a
cellular network for just over 2 cents.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 16:42:16
From: Grunty
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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Palooka wrote:
> "James L. Hankins" <jhankins5@cox.net[no spam]> wrote in message
> news:aq0fh.116579$JA.75786@newsfe11.phx...
> >
> > "Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:w40fh.52573$Fg.8805@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> >> "xyious" <a52dfe8@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> >> news:cudu44xe5s.ln2@recgroups.com...
> >>
> >>> reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
> >>> the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
> >>> but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This is known as a pecking order. You, like a stupid chicken, see the
> >> rest of the birds picking on me. So you join in too, because you see the
> >> crowd doing it. That's mob mentality. Instead of showing some
> >> principle, Xyious, and standing by me when I am right, you have chosen to
> >> go with the mob majority and attack me even though you know they are
> >> wrong. This shows your lack of integrity. You're just another coward.
> >>
> >> -Paul Popinjay
> >
> >
> >
> > Attaboy. Play it to the end, my friend.
> >
> Maybe, but IMHO a "good" troll doesn't involve standing there and duking it
> out against all comers. The best requires only a single post, generating 400
> plus responses, *without* OP rejoining the discussion. Still, I suppose if
> OP paid for the full half hour, rather than the five minute argument...
>
> :-)
> Palooka
I don't think it's a case of trolling.
He sounded as he can't differentiate a kilobyte from a trilobite.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 14:22:36
From: xyious
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
-Alexander Knopf
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 22:43:40
From: Paul Popinjay
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"xyious" <a52dfe8@webnntp.invalid > wrote in message
news:cudu44xe5s.ln2@recgroups.com...
> reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
> the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
> but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
>
This is known as a pecking order. You, like a stupid chicken, see the rest
of the birds picking on me. So you join in too, because you see the crowd
doing it. That's mob mentality. Instead of showing some principle, Xyious,
and standing by me when I am right, you have chosen to go with the mob
majority and attack me even though you know they are wrong. This shows your
lack of integrity. You're just another coward.
-Paul Popinjay
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 17:14:56
From: xyious
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10 2006 11:43 PM, Paul Popinjay wrote:
> "xyious" <a52dfe8@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:cudu44xe5s.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
> > reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
> > the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
> > but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
> >
>
> This is known as a pecking order. You, like a stupid chicken, see the rest
> of the birds picking on me. So you join in too, because you see the crowd
> doing it. That's mob mentality. Instead of showing some principle, Xyious,
> and standing by me when I am right, you have chosen to go with the mob
> majority and attack me even though you know they are wrong. This shows your
> lack of integrity. You're just another coward.
actually after a few posts i wanted to make an attempt at explaining it to
you.
but then i saw a post explaining it better than i ever could, and you
still didn't get it.
so i figured.... with you not getting that one i won't even bother.
however, here's what i woulda written.
dude made sure that he got a service for 0.002 CENT per kilobyte, he was
charged 0.002 DOLLARS per kilobyte. thus he was charged 100x the amount he
made sure he had to pay.
however, with you standing your ground when EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PERSON IN
THIS NEWSGROUP tells you that you're an idiot.... i didn't bother. i mean
if it's 20 people telling you that you're wrong or 21 doesn't really make
too much of a difference, right ? especially since you have less respect
for me than anyone else here.
anyhow, it's always a good feeling when you find out that the people who
don't respect you are idiots.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
-Alexander Knopf
http://www.xyious.com/?links
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 17:06:45
From: James L. Hankins
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:w40fh.52573$Fg.8805@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> "xyious" <a52dfe8@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:cudu44xe5s.ln2@recgroups.com...
>
>> reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
>> the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
>> but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
>>
>
> This is known as a pecking order. You, like a stupid chicken, see the
> rest of the birds picking on me. So you join in too, because you see the
> crowd doing it. That's mob mentality. Instead of showing some principle,
> Xyious, and standing by me when I am right, you have chosen to go with the
> mob majority and attack me even though you know they are wrong. This
> shows your lack of integrity. You're just another coward.
>
> -Paul Popinjay
Attaboy. Play it to the end, my friend.
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Date: 11 Dec 2006 00:05:05
From: Palooka
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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"James L. Hankins" <jhankins5@cox.net[no spam] > wrote in message
news:aq0fh.116579$JA.75786@newsfe11.phx...
>
> "Paul Popinjay" <paulg123[nospam]@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:w40fh.52573$Fg.8805@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>> "xyious" <a52dfe8@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:cudu44xe5s.ln2@recgroups.com...
>>
>>> reading this whole thread at one time is a very strange experience.
>>> the stupidity displayed by paul actually hurts .... worse and worse....
>>> but eventually it's just funny laughing about the retard.
>>>
>>
>> This is known as a pecking order. You, like a stupid chicken, see the
>> rest of the birds picking on me. So you join in too, because you see the
>> crowd doing it. That's mob mentality. Instead of showing some
>> principle, Xyious, and standing by me when I am right, you have chosen to
>> go with the mob majority and attack me even though you know they are
>> wrong. This shows your lack of integrity. You're just another coward.
>>
>> -Paul Popinjay
>
>
>
> Attaboy. Play it to the end, my friend.
>
Maybe, but IMHO a "good" troll doesn't involve standing there and duking it
out against all comers. The best requires only a single post, generating 400
plus responses, *without* OP rejoining the discussion. Still, I suppose if
OP paid for the full half hour, rather than the five minute argument...
:-)
Palooka
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Date: 11 Dec 2006 13:02:51
From: WuzYoungOnceToo
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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On Dec 10, 8:43 pm, "Old Wolf" <oldw...@inspire.net.nz > wrote:
>
> Well, one of the cellular companies here offers a 1GB
> data plan for NZ$29.95/month. Funnily enough that does
> work out to just over 2 US cents for 1MB.
That's incredibly cheap. NZ's cellular bandwidth must be greatly
underutilized. Which company is making this offer?
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Date: 11 Dec 2006 12:38:38
From:
Subject: Re: OT: Verizon morons
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this can't be allowed to die. Popinjay is too amazing, funny and
pathetic.
AA
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