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It's Also the Summer of Storage: Patriot Wildfire SSD Giveaway
What's this - another contest during our Summer of Honeycomb giveaway? Indeed it is. We write about SSDs quite frequently here at AnandTech so it's about time that we gave away some modern ones. Patriot was kind enough to send along two of its brand new 120GB Wildfire SSDs. The Wildfire is a SandForce SF-2281 SSD with 32nm Toshiba NAND, giving it a performance advantage over standard SF-2281 designs with 25nm IMFT Flash. You end up with a drive that performs more like a 240GB SF-2281 but has the capacity (and price) of a 120GB drive.
Of course if you are one of our two winners then you don't have to worry about price in the first place :)
Read on for details on how to enter!
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Kids Banned From Pennsylvania Restaurant
Is it ageism or common sense to ban rowdy children?
A few months ago I wrote about a handful of restaurateurs that discouraged diners from bringing children into their establishments. And many of you commented, the majority (parents and non-parents alike) saying things along the lines of "all kids don't need to be banned—just the badly behaved whiny ones who use mashed potatoes as projectile devices and run around like the Tasmanian Devil on amphetamines." (I may be paraphrasing a bit here.)
But now Mike Vuick, owner of McDain's restaurant just outside of Pittsburgh has officially banned anyone under age 6 from coming through the doors, starting July 16. "I'm doing this on behalf of all the kind, refined people who have e-mailed me who have had meals ruined," Vuick told the Wall Street Journal. "I've decided someone in our society had to dig their heels in on this issue."
One regular customer emailed Vuick to suggest he ban kids after a certain hour or partition off a kids-only area, but said he wouldn't concede. "All children do not have meltdowns, and I don't feel I should have to suffer the repercussions," said the customer, Stephanie Kelley, who has a one-year old son.
Still, response to the ban seems to be favorable so far. Sixty four percent of 10,000 people polled by a Pittsburgh TV news station support Vuick's new policy, and business was up 20 percent on a recent night.
I have three nieces under the age of 3 and they are very well behaved at restaurants, casual and formal alike. But I also know that their parents are very conscious of scheduling their meals out at times where they aren't tired and cranky, as well as providing games and diversions for the times when the kids aren't so interested in their entrees. So while Vuick—and other restaurateurs that discourage kid diners—have already made that choice, it's equally important that parents are considerate of the restaurant atmosphere as well.
What do you think? Is Vuick justified in banning children at his restaurant?
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