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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. Consequences? by Madthio · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if slashdotting this server will make the toilets back up . . .

  2. Slashdot's staff social age finally revealed... by s390 · · Score: 0, Troll

    as about 15... interested in shitter monitoring.

    I've suspected Slashdot management and staff were very immature and trying to seem much more sophisticated than they really were, but I never expected to see such incontrovertable proof as this story. This is a new low for Slashdot - linking toilet sites. What's next, upskirt cams? Do grow up.

    Even a slow news Saturday night doesn't deserve posting this. Not that it's offensive (though some might think so), but it's simply too banal. Who's manning the controls, someone's 9 year old kid? You might just as well rebrand Slashdot as "News for Adolescents. Stuff that Sucks." This sucks.

  3. Article choice by fanatic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here are some articles I've submitted:
    * 2001-03-16 18:07:27 EFFer vs. SPAMCOP: "Spam war gags Gilmore" (articles,news) (rejected)
    * 2001-05-17 01:24:28 Why Linux|OpenBSD will never be as secure as OpenBSD|Linux (articles,linux) (rejected)
    * 2001-05-19 01:31:39 Forrester Research: Death of Web 'inevitable' (articles,internet) (rejected)

    I'm sure glad trivia like mine was rejected so that there'd be room for fascinating stories like this one. Makes me wonder who you have to blow arounde here to get an article accepted.

    --
    "that's not encryption - it's a new perl script that I'm working on..." - from some Matrix parody
  4. Dear Lord by tswinzig · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know with all the privacy advocates around here you would think someone would think this is an invation. I mean how long you are using the can for is a rather private thing. OK yes your dorm mates may know from time to time as they wait for you. But does the entire world need to know when and for how long you are using the bathroom.

    And how exactly would the people looking at a webpage know it's YOU? All they know is SOMEONE is in the bathroom stall #1.

    By the way, if you want privacy, don't use a PUBLIC FUCKING BATHROOM!

    --

    "And like that ... he's gone."