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Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking 794

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 11, 2010 @03:22PM from the too-stupid-to-live-as-long-as-possible dept.

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."

8-Year Fan-Made Game Project Shut Down By Activision 265

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 01, 2010 @02:09AM from the of-doors-and-ways-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Activision, after acquiring Vivendi, became the new copyright holder of the classic King's Quest series of adventure game. They have now issued a cease and desist order to a team which has worked for eight years on a fan-made project initially dubbed a sequel to the last official installment, King's Quest 8. This stands against the fact that Vivendi granted a non-commercial license to the team, subject to Vivendi's approval of the game after submission. After the acquisition, key team members had indicated on the game's forums (now stripped of their original content by order of Activision) that Activision had given the indication that it intended to keep its current fan-game licenses, but was not interested in issuing new ones."

Comment Re:Should you be quite this giddy? (Score 1) 53

by Davethewaveslave on Thursday May 03, 2007 @12:09PM (#18973923) Attached to: Applecare Support Nightmare

A whiner throwing a temper tantrum? You must have much lower expectations of customer service than I do, because his letter to Apple is much more polite than mine would have been in the same situation. If I was forced to go without my laptop because of poor design or bad parts, then was run through CS hell when trying to resolve the problem--and this from a company that is known for its quality and customer service!--you can be certain my language would have been a little more colorful.

As I see it, we all have to live with poor customer service because most sheeples are willing to shut up and take it rather than stand up and fight for what they deserve. Why would you pay a premium price for hardware and then just bend over when it doesn't work the way it's supposed to?

Should he have known he'd lose his data in the process? Yes. Does that mean he has to like it? No. Does that mean he shouldn't bring it up at all? No. How do you expect a company to understand the impact their policies have on a consumer if you don't say something about it? You yourself said they wiped your drive in a situation where it probably wasn't necessary. Why is that okay?

Apparently is okay because you're willing to live with it. You want to talk about a TOOL? Bad policies will never change as long as people just let them be.

I want to go on the record with a related point: If you have a problem with a company, don't take out your frustrations on the poor CS rep on the phone or on the other end of your email. They don't write the policies. They are usually limited in what they can do for you. But you can calmly and politely express your frustration and expectations, and then insist on taking it up the chain if they can't meet your needs. Be nice, give logical explanations for what you want or expect, and you'll usually come out fine in the end.

SMART Probe to Crash Into the Moon 171

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 30, 2006 @07:29PM from the player-nasa-cratered dept.

cyberbian writes "Amateur astronomers will be excited to note that they can witness the impact of the SMART-1 probe crashing into the moon. The impact is scheduled for the morning of September 2nd (PDT). From the article: 'There's nothing wrong with the spacecraft, which is wrapping up a successful 3-year mission to the Moon. SMART-1's main job was to test a European-built ion engine. It worked beautifully, propelling the craft in 2003 on a unique spiral path from Earth to the Moon. From lunar orbit, SMART-1 took thousands of high-resolution pictures and made mineral maps of the Moon's terrain. One of its most important discoveries was a "Peak of Eternal Light," a mountaintop near the Moon's north pole in constant, year-round sunlight. Peaks of Eternal Light are prime real estate for solar-powered Moon bases."

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