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Re:142857 by partisan on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:40PM (#10011440)
I'd like to have everyone in the world give me their money and I will promptly return that money times 0.99999... They are the same number, after all.
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Re:142857 by mikeash on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @02:31PM (#10011781)
Aside from the obvious problems trustworthiness and transaction costs, what would be wrong with that?
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Re:142857 by qu4z-2 on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @11:47PM (#10014427)
I'd like to have everyone in the world give me their money and I will return that money times 1.0000000001 about a week later, after making bank off the interest. Sadly there seems to be no general enthusiasm for this plan. :)

Also: Tell you what... you give me your account details, and I'll send you (1 - 0.9999...) times my money. Deal?

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