On the important French Fry Question

[kelley]

i don't know WHY this came up in a search on "costs of network downtime" 
but it did:

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/01/schlosser.htm
Why McD's Fries Taste So Good.  (confirms what doug said, but goes further 
into the aroma industry that makes stuff smell tasty so we buy it)