[XCSSA] The Tyrrany of Redmond

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So, to try and avoid poisoning myself, I asked for allergen information
from the restaurant I frequent.  (Their location map links only work in
IEEEE!, so you can guess what I was sent in response to my query.)

The followup to my request for an alternate form of the data says it 
all.
I say we dust off and nuke Redmond from orbit.  It's the only way to be
sure.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Schroeder, Karen" <karen.schroeder@soupersalad.com>
> Date: 15 November 2007 08:39:00 CST
> To: "John D. Baker" <jdbaker@mylinuxisp.com>
> Subject: RE: Souper Salad Guest Feedback Response
>
> John,
> It was an excel spreadsheet so I am not sure why you couldn't open it. 
> I
> don't know what an ASCII text file is. I converted it to pdf. If you
> still can't open it, please let me know and I will try something
> different.
> Karen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Baker [mailto:jdbaker@mylinuxisp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:12 PM
> To: Schroeder, Karen
> Cc: John D. Baker
> Subject: Re: Souper Salad Guest Feedback Response
>
> On 14 Nov 2007, at 16:20, Karen Schroeder ((Souper Salad, Inc.)) wrote:
>
>> John,
>> I have attached a list of allergens including whole kernel corn. If
>> you have other questions, please contact us at any time.
>> Thank you,
>> Sincerely,
>> Karen Schroeder
>> Food Technologist
>> Souper Salad
>
> Thank you for your response.  Unfortunately, the file you attached is
> in a proprietary data format which cannot be read by conventional 
> means.
>
> Could you please re-send the data as a plain ASCII text file?
>
> Thanks again.

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