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McDonalds to go Wireless?
crayongod writes "The AP, by way of AOL *yipe*, is reporting a pilot program by McDonalds to provide inhouse WiFi with the purchase of a combo meal. This sure will make roadtrips a lot easier." An hour of access per combo meal. Additional hours can be purchased for $3... or another zillion calorie combo meal. Mmmm. Healthy.
They actually make a lot of money on drinks....
At BK a whopper costs $0.54 in food [not counting labor or store costs] and sells for $2.39. A Medium coke costs $0.10 and sells for $1.29.
Don't let your kids inside those playgrounds... I used to clean those things every few months or so and they are absolutely disgusting...
Since the article was fairly light, I'll give you a scenario:
You buy a meal from McDonalds. "Would you like Internet Access?" the 15 year old hottie asks you.
"Um...sure," you say, your laptop getting heavy on your shoulder.
She hands you a card (or perhaps its printed on the receipt). It has an IP Address, a subnet mask, and a gateway. Hopefully there would be instructions nearby, with settings for Macs, Win95 - WinXP.
They could specify IP addresses that are good for only one hour, and to keep up with the load they could also use different subnets. The NAT used in the router would take care of IP leasing issues, and there should be no DHCP (or else you'd get free 'net access just by turning on your laptop and WiFi card).
Sounds fairly simple to me, but the hype is probably louder than customers who actually want this.
I've seen variations on this theme at the university I attended and apartments I've stayed at. (1) It's a lot easier once the infrastructure is in place, and (2) McDonald's does NOT want to deal with 1000 customers who have no clue about how to type in their IP address, and (3) It would stay compatible with the other types of WiFi networks you commonly see (ie, no manually switching your settings as you enter or leave McD's).
/syle
B Daltons is still around, though, just serving a different audience.
B. Dalton's is also owned by...guess who? Barnes and Noble, thank you for playing. BN bought 'em and kept 'em around to serve as their shopping mall/mass transit hub (like Union Station, Wash. DC) outlet.
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Personally, I find it odd that it would be stamped that, since beef is graded as follows:
Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, and Canner.
Eggs and Poultry are graded with letters, but hey. Poultry only goes to C, of course.
You even provide a definition of Grade D beef! That's so nice of you! Really impressive, too, since it doesn't exist.
Educate yourself.
And stop pretending, and spreading your bullshit, okay?
Correction - it will only be at the corporate stores. Most of the franchise owners wouldn't pull a dime out of their arse to save their own kids.
In the words of Socrates - "I just drank what?"
Personally, I find it odd that it would be stamped that, since beef is graded as follows: Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, and Canner. Eggs and Poultry are graded with letters, but hey. Poultry only goes to C, of course. You even provide a definition of Grade D beef! That's so nice of you! Really impressive, too, since it doesn't exist. Educate yourself. [usda.gov] And stop pretending, and spreading your bullshit, okay?
.GIF chart. It Clearly illustrates that Grade D beef does exist, and that it is formed from Utility, Commercial and Cutter beef.
The grading you mention is only for the Marbling of the beef. There are many other scores to take into consideration. If you pulled your head out of your ass, you'd realize this.
http://meat.tamu.edu/beefgrading.html
The USDA officially rates beef according to the scale Prime, Choice, Good/Select, Standard and Commercial, although many been vendors may use the letter grades as "shorthand".
http://www.restorationfarms.com/image9.gif
Please see the above
There's just something about the sound of "utility beef" that just isn't appetizing. So enjoy your next big mac...
Ignorance is bliss, isnt it?
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
Alot of industrial microwave ovens run at 915 MHz instead of 2450 MHz, the longer wavelength allows deeper penetration into the food.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Actually, maybe you could learn a little humility because Grade D is in fact a legitimate grade of beef.
The Prime/Choice/Select/etc grades you were refering to is a function of both maturity and marbling. The letter grades refer to the maturity of the carcass. Specifically, Prime/Choice/Select/Standard are always Grade A or B. However, Commercial/Utility/Cutter and Canner can be of Grades C through E.
Thus, if I'm buying commercial grade beef as retail estabilishment, I sure want to know if it is Grade C, D, or E to make sure I'm not getting ripped off by the supplier.
Don't believe me? http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/beef/rp357.htm