Did you really need to "Ask Slashdot" about this? If T-Mobile's CSRs hung up on you, then you march down to the nearest store and let loose on the first salesperson you see. You *should* have gotten the names of those CSRs (I always make a point of writing down the person's name when I call any kind of support) to give to whoever it is that finally *does* take your complaint. Either they or their manager should be fired.

And, once you get this issue resolved, leave T-Mobile.

He reported 100% real news (that Bush didn't complete his military obligation and was AWOL) but unfortunately had included a single piece of possibly forged evidence in with the body of completely true evidence.

God damn, I'm so sick of seeing Penny Arcade links in Slashdot stories. Yes, I am a huge fan of Penny Arcade. I've got pretty much all their strips since two years ago saved on my hard drive, I even used to subscribe for their monthly get-interesting-stuff thing. But come on, they write a fucking webcomic . Cool as they are, and as incredible as their webcomic is, this does not make their comments about anything some kind of news-worthy announcement. People who already care about what Gabe and Tycho have to say will have already read it. People who don't aren't likely to be swayed just because they pulled a game from their fictional awards "show." Gah, and now I'm posting meta-comments on Slashdot. LAME.

I'm no engineer but if Apple could only get up to 2.5 GHz in their big as a tank many fan G5 case why should we believe the new XBox is going to be able to house a 3.5+ GHz chip?

Sarah Vowell did a piece a few weeks back on This American Life about the whole sordid history of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Give it a listen

Yet another article for the buzzword-speakin' casemod-worshippin' neon light kit-purchasin' software-stealin' non-computer scientists.