corrected post, 1000 years not 100, DOH!
"drewdawg" <spamage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:g4gl0v$tiu$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> OK, this ran last night on Comedy Central and seeing there hasn't been
any
> action in here lately (and I have no problem with ****) I thought I'd
pick
> some nit.
>
> The amount in Fry's account was re****ted to be accurate seeing how much
he
> had in it in 2000 and the interest accrued in 1000 years (though account
> inactivity would have stopped this around 2005) would have given him
$4.3
> billion.
>
> With this accuracy in mind I find it hard to believe his bank would have
> allowed someone to empty the account of over a billion dollars with just
the
> 4 digit pin. Even if the ATM withdraw max were raised in 3000 to $2
billion
> (up from $500 a day today) the bank should have seen the loss of
billions
in
> deposits as serious enough to ask a question or two.
>
> Yea, it's a stupid TV show. However, it's im****tant enough to have a
> newsgroup eh?
>
> Andy
> Isn't My Network desperate enough for Futurama?
>
>
|
