The Off Topic Topic

[Tonitrus]

So much for Taiwan being a free country vis-a-vis the ChiComs....

It's the sort of thing that you'd see in the UK.

Well, it has been long established that the UK is not a free country.

[Ideologue]

So much for Taiwan being a free country vis-a-vis the ChiComs....

Food Blogger Jailed for Calling Noodles "Too Salty"
Published June 24, 2011 | NewsCore
 
TAIPEI -- A woman was jailed for 30 days by a Taiwanese court for writing on her food blog that a restaurant's noodles were too salty.
The blogger, named only as Liu, visited a Taichung beef noodle restaurant in 2008 and wrote on her blog that the cuisine there was "too salty," that the venue was unsanitary because there were cockroaches and that the owner was a "bully," the Taipei Times reported Thursday.
The restaurant's owner, known as Yang, learned about the review from a regular customer and sued Liu for defamation.
The Taichung District Court found that Liu's comments about the cockroaches were a "narration of the facts" but ruled that her criticism of the restaurant exceeded reasonable bounds because she only tried the noodles and two side dishes.
She was sentenced to 30 days in detention, two years of probation and was ordered her to pay $6,900 in compensation to the restaurant after an inspection found that the conditions were sanitary.
Liu, who apologized to the restaurant, was told by the judge that she could not appeal against the decision.
Yang said that he hoped the case would teach her a lesson.
Huang Cheng-lee, a lawyer in Taichung, said that bloggers who post restaurant reviews should remember to be "truthful, objective and fair" and should post photographs to support their comments.

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God damn it.

[CountDeMoney]

First Responders save lives.

[Razgovory]

 

[sbr]

   Cute.  Is it a real photo?  Any idea the story behind it?

[CountDeMoney]

  Cute.  Is it a real photo?  Any idea the story behind it?

Yeah, my sister sent some story to me a few months ago about kittens rescued from a house fire out west.  Don't remember where, but I do recall the mommy cat had died shielding them under a porch or something.

[Josquius]

Holy poo, I ordred a new shirt online yesterday morning. It came 10am today.
That's damn fast.
Yesterday was Sunday too

[Grey Fox]

So tired

[MadImmortalMan]

A dude trying to go Hunt Brothers on the market for He-Man action figures....


http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/06/27/cornering-the-market-for-he-man/

[Josquius]

I found this to be rather interesting.
The Japanese addressing system is apparently rather different:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html

[Ideologue]

How do I make a smoke alarm, whose battery is evidently dying (?), shut up?  Is there a way to do this without replacing the battery?

[The Brain]

How do I make a smoke alarm, whose battery is evidently dying (?), shut up?  Is there a way to do this without replacing the battery?

That would kind of defeat the purpose. But hey it's your life.

[The Brain]

Does it have Am-241 btw?

[Ideologue]

How do I make a smoke alarm, whose battery is evidently dying (?), shut up?  Is there a way to do this without replacing the battery?

That would kind of defeat the purpose. But hey it's your life.

Nevermind!  Removing the apparatus from its wires entirely seems to work.

And I'll change the battery/make someone else change the battery later.

As for americium, yes it does.

[The Brain]

Cool.