A Verizon customer was quoted 0.02 cents per kilobyte of data usage and was charged 0.02 dollars instead. That is, he was charged 100 times more than he was quoted. However, Verizon apparently doesn’t know the difference between dollars and cents, and all of the reps he speak to believe that $0.02 is equal to $0.0002. (Google’s calculator gives the correct conversion.) He has posted a recording his conversation with Verizon that is difficult to listen to: at one point, the floor manager admits that she’s “not a mathematician” yet still insists that the billing was correct.
This is interesting, because some Verizon Wireless documentation notes that picture messages cost 0.25 cents. Technically, that should mean I should be charged $0.0025 per message; however, I assumed that the pricing was in error and they really meant 25 cents. Maybe this guy will force Verizon to fix these errors, and if he does, I should call about the hundreds of dollars I’ve been overcharged in the last few years…
I’ve been hoping to get a Nintendo Wii system since it’s release; however, I figured that I would be in for a wait with the high demand and not knowing when more Wii systems will arrive anywhere.
This may not be the case. I received a very reliable tip from an employee at a store not too far from where I live: this store will place a shipment of Wii systems on sale tomorrow. Apparently, very few people know the details about this and I’m really excited to get my hands on one of these consoles. Me and a friend of mine will be heading out early tomorrow morning to claim our Wii systems… I’ll update after I get one!
Update: Yes, I got one. Waited 5 hours, 30 minutes. I love it. Here are some photos from camping at Best Buy.
Looks like my application did go through after a few hours of waiting for their web site to come back online. The status means it’s waiting to be looked at by a committee. Exciting! I’ll know the decision in a month (December 15).
I still have to send in my applications for several other colleges. They don’t have very tight deadlines though… 
I’ll get to them tomorrow.
I was about to submit my University of Illinois application when these lovely screens appeared. I still can’t access their server after 30 minutes of trying to log back in. Just a bit worried about my application, which is due by Wednesday… I hope these issues work themselves out soon!
