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Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking 794

lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems, the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor, it controls bacteria, slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese."
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Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project 687

garg0yle writes "Police in San Diego were called to investigate an 11-year-old's science project, consisting of 'a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics,' after the vice-principal came to the conclusion that it was a bomb. Charges aren't being laid against the youth, but it's being recommended that he and his family 'get counseling.' Apparently, the student violated school policies — I'm assuming these are policies against having any kind of independent thought?"

Comment Re:Not in Canada anyways (Score 1) 321

I'm in the same boat. I might purchase a subscription with a VPN service, but I don't know how much of a hassle, or how reliable it might be. Of course, our bandwidth might get a whole lot more expensive and/or limited in the coming weeks, so that would make this possibility even more remote. I'm wanting to ditch satellite TV though, so I'm planning on buying and installing an antenna, as well as an HTPC with a dual-tuner. I should be able to grab most of the major networks in Toronto and Buffalo.

Comment Do it! (Score 1) 414

I'll take it as a license to download whatever music I want, since I'm presumed guilty and will be charged the fee in advance, and my conscience will be clear. Thanks, CPCC!

Comment Do your homework before you step on the plane (Score 1) 911

As passengers, we should have the right to ask whether we're putting our lives in the hands of a computer rather than the battle-tested pilot sitting up front, and we should have right to deplane if we don't like the answer."

Rights this, rights that... if it's really such a big deal to you, do your homework before you step on the bloody plane. Who told you that you don't have these rights?

Comment Re:Appalled and angry? Deal with it. (Score 0) 417

If the customer doesn't realize it's not a good deal, that's their own responsibility. Where's the deceit in that? If you pay more for a house than it's worth, that's your responsibility, not the seller's, and it doesn't make the seller a bad person. Like I said, I'm not talking about the seller lying; dishonesty is a separate issue. I'm just talking about the apparent disdain for up-selling here.

Comment Appalled and angry? Deal with it. (Score 1, Informative) 417

Why would anybody be appalled and angry at a store for trying to upsell a customer? That's business, and there's nothing inherently wrong about it. A store has no duty, legally or morally, to inform a customer as to whether or not a purchase is a "good deal." If you don't want to buy the extended warranty, then don't. Of course, I'm not talking about dishonesty here. If someone lies to you about what you're buying, that's a different matter completely.

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