Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/01/08/14:53:29
Yeah, I was corrected on this privately as well. My point still stands.
The US in particular is a sue-happy wasteland, and I see no reason to put
out raw steaks for the ravenous lawyers. Particularly since my (c) appears
on a few of the Setup files, and I don't really wish to be named as a
codefendant because of something so unnecessary and so easily corrected.
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Gary R. Van Sickle
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Arturus Magi
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:32 AM
> To: Cygwin
> Subject: Re: fortune maintainer wanted and question for
> Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)
>
> Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> >>Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> >>It's simple
> >>common sense.
> >
> > In a world where McDonalds loses a bajillion-dollar lawsuit because
> > its coffee is hot, common sense is a thing of the past my
> naive friend.
> >
>
> Actually, McDonald's lost that suit not because the idiot
> spilled it on her lap, but because the judge decided to do
> the Department of Health's job for them.
>
> At the time, the styrofoam cups McDonald's used was not
> actually supposed to hold coffee at the temperature that
> McDonald's serves it at.
> In theory, the cups would melt semi-regularly if the
> customers didn't drink their coffee first, although I don't
> recall that ever actually happening.
>
> The inspectors for the Dept. of Health apparently never
> warned McDonalds that they were (more or less willingly)
> endangering their customers, so the Judge decided to do it for them.
>
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