Hippies Accidentally Create World's Largest Mercedes Sign.

Ithaca, NY (AP) - While attempting to create the world's largest peace sign, festival-goers in Ithaca, NY, created the world's largest Mercedes sign by mistake.

5814 participants gathered to form the familiar symbol of pacifist activism, but - through either oversight or stupidity - only formed three of the four radii required to create a traditional peace sign. Since the missing radius was the lower center line, the symbol they formed was actually the trademark hood ornament of the Mercedes-Benz automobile - a quality German luxury car since 1926 - rather than the anti-war symbol created by a British nuclear disarmament protester in 1958.

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WTF? - AT&T: termination fees ultimately a great deal for consumers.

Those early termination fees (ETFs) that consumers pay for switching cell phones in mid-contract are a great deal, an attorney for AT&T told the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.

He said this with a straight face I am assuming.

"the overwhelming popularity of these rate plans has fueled the tremendous increase in wireless penetration, usage, and technical innovation documented by the [FCC's] annual reports on wireless competition."

Just how popular are these termination fees.

Various class action attorneys also appeared at the FCC hearing. Many of their cases involve cell phone customers who feel that they were mistakenly charged ETFs, do not think that ETFs are fair given the lousy service that they received, or could not afford to pay their ETF and wound up with a damaged credit rating. The FCC received over 3,700 complaints about ETFs in 2006 and 2007, agency Chair Kevin Martin disclosed at the event.

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