ISP Information:
A group that defines industry standard benchmarks that compare the ability of hardware and software platforms to perform database transactions. The performance is measured in terms of raw performance (higher is better) and US dollar cost per thousand transactions (tpmC--lower is better).
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Transaction Processing Performance Council - 'nuther Bob wrote about Re: Glitches HitFTC 'Do-not-Call' List on Fri, 11 Jul 2003 03:57:04 GMT: ...As another example, one case that appears to be frivolous on the surface was the McDonalds spilt coffee/burn case. At first glance, it looks like another foolish "blame the company for my actions" suit. However, if you read the testimony from MCDonalds own witnesses, it becomes clear that it's a case of a company taking specific actions that they knew were harmful to the public. (I can post a few facts/testimony if you care). Despite over 700 previous claims, McDonalds continued to sell dangerously hot coffee. Again, companies have to be held responsible for their actions, just as individuals must. [Lisa Minter note: How is coffee supposed to be served, if not really hot? That's how I like to drink mine. Lisa M.]Surely you can you accept that its possible for coffee to be too hot?What if it was served so hot that it gave you third degree burns onyour lips when you tried to drink it, and required whirlpooltreatments, skin grafting, and left you disabled for several weeks, asit did on the plaintiff's legs when she spilled it? What if theyknowingly served it much too hot to drink immediately, assuming you'lllet it sit for 5 minutes before drinking it, but never bother to tellyou this? Did you know McDonalds testified it knew it's coffee is"not fit for consumption" as sold because of how hot it (still) is?I can't find the legal summary I read while bored one day, but thereare all sorts of web sites that talk about this. It's not as silly asit first sounds, whether or not you agree with the final outcome. Notthat most people would waste the time to actually find that out.http://www.newsaic.com/casecivil.htmlhttp://www.vanfirm.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htmhttp://www.newsaic.com/ftvseinfeld00e.htmlhttp://www.stellaawards.com/stella.htmletc...
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