OT: "Stella" (was Re: Software Licensing and Sanity (was ...))

[Kenneth Brody]

Fairlight wrote:
> 
> Yo, homey, in case you don' be listenin', Bill Campbell done said:
> >
> > Why not?  In the U.S. somebody can buy a cup of coffee at a fast food
> > place, pour it in their crotch, then get millions in ``damages'' because
> > they were careless and stupid.
> 
> Oh, don't.  Please.  It's a sore point.  We went through this on the
> Babylon 5 moderated group like a month ago, and I finally gave up on trying
> to convince them that she was in the wrong and it was a gratuitous suit.
> The majority (I only had like one or two people on my side) felt that McD's
> was in the wrong for maintining coffee at 180F+, and that the court
> documents (which they cited links to relevant portions of) indicated that
> medical professionals cited this or that.
[...]

Her name was Stella Liebeck, and "The Stella Award" is named for her.  For
those interested in _true_ stories like that, as opposed to the urban legend
variety, you can check out <http://www.TrueStellaAwards.com/>

Besides:

    Coffee is supposed to be served in the range of 185 degrees! The
    National Coffee Association recommends coffee be brewed at "between
    195-205 degrees Fahrenheit for optimal extraction" and drunk
    "immediately". If not drunk immediately, it should be "maintained
    at 180-185 degrees Fahrenheit". (Source: NCAUSA
    <http://www.ncausa.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=71>)

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