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Hmm, just have a crazy idea today, spawn from the chat session I had with Patrick last week.

What if a few geek open up a cafe in Singapore? Imagine you walk along the street of Orchard road, and saw this cafe named "Code-Free House" with the "coffee cup icon" which resembles Java's one. You slowly walk up to it, and there is a sign which says "Coffee of the day : Java Coffee, freshly brewed with Java Beans. if(inOffer) price=$1.20 else price=$2.50".

Intrigued you walk into the cafe and greeted by a young waiter who wore a shirt with the words "Certifed Code-Free waiter". On the main board in the cafe are the following:

The menu listed the following:

<menu>
    <item name="Java Coffee" price="$2.50" />
    <item name="Solaris" price="$10.00" />
    <item name="Sandwitch QL" price="$2.00" />
    <item name="Coffee XP" price="$15.00" />
    <item name="Ice Latte Beta" price="3.00" />
    <![CDATA[ Self Service please !]]>
</menu>

You walk up to the counter and order
"hello. Can I have a sandwitch?"
The waiter replied
"Exception : line 2. Can I have a sandwitch. Please specify type of sandwitch you want"
Irritated," Erhm, a Sandwitch QL please"
Waiter, "Sure sir, wat sauce do you want it to be served with?"
"What sauces do you have?"
Waiter, "We have open-sauce, closed-sauce"
"Erhm..I go with open-sauce then"
Waiter, "Do you want me to input another order?"
"Can I try the Ice Latte Beta?"
Waiter, "Sure sir, please wait a moment while I complete the preparation, you can continue with your work as I prepare"
"Huh???!"
Waiter, "5 minutes remaining"

You waited for 5 minutes, as you are waiting, you heard the waiter replying say the following:
"Our ice latte is served with the best java beans and is prepared under vigorious unit testing in order
to bring out the best fragrance of the java beans."
"The Sandwitch QL is can be served with either open-sauce or closed -sauce"


5 minutes later, you approach the waiter.

"Excuse me, is my Ice Latte Beta and my Sandwitch QL ready?"

Waiter, "8 minutes remaining"

"Huh? I tot you say 5 mins just now?"
Waiter, "that is a mere estimation, you can continue to with your work as I prepare"

Irritated, you continue to wait.

2 minutes later...

Waiter, "Sir, preparation completed. You can start enjoying the food of Code-Free cafe now"

"Hmm, ok"

Famished, you eagerly gulp down the cup of ice latte, only to realise its as plain as water. Angered, you approached the waiter.

"Hey, this is unfit for human consumption"

Waiter, "Sorry, the Ice Latte is currently in Beta. You are free to post any comments or feedback to service@codefreecafe.com, but we do not currently provide any support for it."

*Faint

Ok, I am a bit geek myself to write such things, just for fun, lol