Oh no, I can promise you, McDonalds food is always, and always has been, 100% pure crap. My reason occasionally fails and I get a craving for their fries, but that's the only thing I've eaten from them in over 10 years. Oh actually, I tried the veggie burger that they have in New York about 6 years back. That tasted like a McDonald's burger.. with soy instead of meat. Still crap.
I have absolutely no idea how they attract so many customers.
I really think you're just trying to reinforce a conclusion you've already reached. Think about the facts. McDonald's had been cited several times for having their coffee too hot. They had _willfully_ and with _full_knowledge_ of injuries of other customers _refused_ to reduce the temperature of their coffee. Due to their active refusal to comply with the law and many reasonable people's recommendations, this woman suffered third degree burns over 6% of her body and was in the hospital for EIGHT DAYS and spent TWO YEARS going through various treatments. They then refused to even pay the woman's hospital bills.
The Jury awarded the woman an amount equal to ONE DAY'S coffee sales for McDonalds. The award was intended to send a message to McD: The law applies to you, your actions matter, you'd better take this seriously.
They later reduced the award, but from my reading, I believe the initial award was fair. In a case like this, the award is not solely to compensate the injured party; it's to send a message to the other party saying "stop." A small amount would not have said anything to McD's - they had already proved that to be the case by ignoring previous settlements in similar cases.
Anyway, back to your original point: America does have some frivolous lawsuits. We also have 330 million people and somewhat of a culture of entitlement. There are problems. But 99.999% of our citizens will never file a frivolous lawsuit. And the majority of our lawyers would scoff at an attempt to do so. So please, use less broad of a brush to paint us as fools. Well, at least paint us as fools for something more amusing than lawsuits!
At least in Ohio, if something is stolen and sold to a pawn shop, the original owner has to pay the pawn shop what they paid to buy the item from the thief. This is from personal experience, twice, having recovered goods stolen from me. The Columbus police confirmed that law. I didn't bother with a lawyer since the total was $50.
Obviously a pawn shop is different from an individual, laws vary from state to state, etc. etc.
-David
Interesting! But some carriers definitely have "real GPS" in their phones. I use Nextel and have an i870 handset, and it has to refresh the list of satellites, has suggestions on how to orient the unit to give the GPS antenna (internal) the best reception, etc. Now whether that's the data they use for the e911 service is anyone's guess. But they do specifically state that for the employee tracking tools they use utilize the GPS receivers in the handsets. (see http://www.nextel.com/en/solutions/gps/track_manag e.shtml)
The FCC doesn't require GPS, it just requires that the carrier be able to locate phones to within a certain degree of accuracy. Most carriers have chosen to do this using GPS chips. They aren't neccessarily active all the time - only when you call 911. A modern cell phone goes into "EMERGENCY MODE" when you call 911 (at least that's my experience with two different handsets). The phone may or may not allow you to access the GPS functions outside of the emergency locator function.
Cingular and T-Mobile do *not* put GPS chips in all their handsets, instead relying on the old cell tower triangulation method.
Hey, just like you can range from utter crap "well" to delightful heaven "top shelf" in booze, Beer has a "well" to "top shelf" range, too. Try some India Pale Ale, hopefully from a local brewery but if not, maybe from Stone. Try some Russian Imperial Stout; Old Rasputin is my favorite at the moment.
Basically, try something expensive that looks unusual. It's good, I promise.
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Son, your life - and the people in it - scare the ever loving shit out of me.
Oh no, I can promise you, McDonalds food is always, and always has been, 100% pure crap. My reason occasionally fails and I get a craving for their fries, but that's the only thing I've eaten from them in over 10 years. Oh actually, I tried the veggie burger that they have in New York about 6 years back. That tasted like a McDonald's burger.. with soy instead of meat. Still crap.
I have absolutely no idea how they attract so many customers.
I really think you're just trying to reinforce a conclusion you've already reached. Think about the facts. McDonald's had been cited several times for having their coffee too hot. They had _willfully_ and with _full_knowledge_ of injuries of other customers _refused_ to reduce the temperature of their coffee. Due to their active refusal to comply with the law and many reasonable people's recommendations, this woman suffered third degree burns over 6% of her body and was in the hospital for EIGHT DAYS and spent TWO YEARS going through various treatments. They then refused to even pay the woman's hospital bills.
The Jury awarded the woman an amount equal to ONE DAY'S coffee sales for McDonalds. The award was intended to send a message to McD: The law applies to you, your actions matter, you'd better take this seriously.
They later reduced the award, but from my reading, I believe the initial award was fair. In a case like this, the award is not solely to compensate the injured party; it's to send a message to the other party saying "stop." A small amount would not have said anything to McD's - they had already proved that to be the case by ignoring previous settlements in similar cases.
Anyway, back to your original point: America does have some frivolous lawsuits. We also have 330 million people and somewhat of a culture of entitlement. There are problems. But 99.999% of our citizens will never file a frivolous lawsuit. And the majority of our lawyers would scoff at an attempt to do so. So please, use less broad of a brush to paint us as fools. Well, at least paint us as fools for something more amusing than lawsuits!
-David
At least in Ohio, if something is stolen and sold to a pawn shop, the original owner has to pay the pawn shop what they paid to buy the item from the thief. This is from personal experience, twice, having recovered goods stolen from me. The Columbus police confirmed that law. I didn't bother with a lawyer since the total was $50. Obviously a pawn shop is different from an individual, laws vary from state to state, etc. etc. -David
Interesting! But some carriers definitely have "real GPS" in their phones. I use Nextel and have an i870 handset, and it has to refresh the list of satellites, has suggestions on how to orient the unit to give the GPS antenna (internal) the best reception, etc. Now whether that's the data they use for the e911 service is anyone's guess. But they do specifically state that for the employee tracking tools they use utilize the GPS receivers in the handsets. (see http://www.nextel.com/en/solutions/gps/track_manag e.shtml)
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http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/e911.html
The FCC doesn't require GPS, it just requires that the carrier be able to locate phones to within a certain degree of accuracy. Most carriers have chosen to do this using GPS chips. They aren't neccessarily active all the time - only when you call 911. A modern cell phone goes into "EMERGENCY MODE" when you call 911 (at least that's my experience with two different handsets). The phone may or may not allow you to access the GPS functions outside of the emergency locator function.
Cingular and T-Mobile do *not* put GPS chips in all their handsets, instead relying on the old cell tower triangulation method.
So the GP wasn't quite right, but close.
-David
Hey, just like you can range from utter crap "well" to delightful heaven "top shelf" in booze, Beer has a "well" to "top shelf" range, too. Try some India Pale Ale, hopefully from a local brewery but if not, maybe from Stone. Try some Russian Imperial Stout; Old Rasputin is my favorite at the moment. Basically, try something expensive that looks unusual. It's good, I promise.
I love the 16-year Lagavulin. Also about $75/bottle, and also well worth it. I'll see if I can find the Portswood the next time I'm out. :-)
I would argue that's the coolest Bill Gates has ever looked. It was the 70's after all!
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