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MIT's Bathroom Server

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the leave-the-seat-down dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Some of the undergrads wired Random Hall's (an undergraduate dorm) bathroom system up to the net so that you can visit http://bathroom.mit.edu and see which stalls on which floors are vacant, and if they're in use, how long whoever's been in there. It's a pretty good idea-- you can scout your stall from your dorm room, and watch it to make sure nobody's taken a s$#% there recently."

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  1. These kids are too smart... by tulare · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hehe. I mean, this could get interesting. Imagine what pranks you could pull - the most obvious would be to "cheat" the sensors so that the casual user would think that all the bathrooms are in use at some critical time - say 7am on finals week!
    Now waiting to hear the Beowulf joke...

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  2. Alright! by Auckerman · · Score: 5, Funny

    For peats sake, Michael, you Slashdotted someones bathroom. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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  3. Not sure if I like this... by Mr.+Neutron · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, if I've been wanking for the last 20 minutes, the whole world gets to know about it?

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  4. the dread DoS attack by StandardDeviant · · Score: 5, Funny
    (denial of shitting)


    seriously, there is such a thing as trusting your remote sensors too much... (the main reason spysats haven't replaces human intelligence sources)

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  5. FP! by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now the cry of "First Dump!" will echo up and down the dorm halls.

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