Any bank that will only connect you to an operator after you mash your phone’s keypad needs to rework their phone tree.
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Someone Buy Uncle Ezra A Drink
The legendary [Dear Uncle Ezra](http://ezra.cornell.edu/) turned 21 this month [according to the Chronicle](http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb07/UncleEzra.sl.html).
Dear Uncle Ezra was [the very first](http://ezra.cornell.edu/history.php) anonymous advice column on the Internet/Intarwebs/Webinet, debuting in 1986. Questions are answered by an anonymous Cornell staffer who farms out what he does not know to other experts within the college. The service is available to everyone, not just the Cornell affiliated.
The [first question ever answered](http://ezra.cornell.edu/posting.php?timestamp=527313600#question1) on the service is one certainly appropriate for Ithaca:
> DEAR UNCLE EZRA
> MY GIRLFRIEND IS FRIGID, WHAT CAN I DO? CHILLY WILLY
DUE is, in its own way, quite interesting. It’s worth reading, or at least [subscribing to](http://ezra.cornell.edu/rss.php).
(If you’re looking for something a little more groupthink, you had damn well better know about Ask Metafilter by now.)
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For Some Definitions Of “Capable”
As pointed out by someone on Slashdot, [Dell’s Vista information page](http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/winvista?c=us&cs=&l=en&s=dhs) is redefining what “Capable” means in the context of computing:
