Airplane Workers Used Toilets As Seats (AP)

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Ryanair sacks workers who travelled in
toilets (Reuters)

Ryanair sacks workers who travelled in
toilets (Reuters) 07/23/2004 07:50 AM
Reuters - Irish airline Ryanair has sacked two of its workers who sat in an overcrowded plane's toilets for a flight from Spain because there were no other seats.

"SI.com Coaching Hot Seats"

"SI.com Coaching Hot Seats" 08/22/2004 08:59 PM

German far right set to win seats

German far right set to win seats 09/19/2004 03:57 AM
State elections in the former East Germany are expected to see a resurgence by far right parties.

Late rush for Olympic seats

Late rush for Olympic seats 08/08/2004 10:32 AM
Athens Olympics organisers say there has been a last-minute surge in ticket sales.

School Board Seats Contested

School Board Seats Contested 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Among the hot-button issues is the question of what to do next with the county's Apple iBook program, which has more and more students using laptop computers. By Nicole Johnson (Richmond Times-Dispatch via MyAppleMenu)

Passengers Give Troops First-Class Seats
(AP)

Passengers Give Troops First-Class Seats
(AP) 07/15/2004 11:44 AM
AP - Eight soldiers flying home from Iraq for two weeks of R&R flew in style instead of coach after first-class passengers offered to swap seats with them.

Japanese toilet seats work on 117V?

Japanese toilet seats work on 117V? 08/17/2004 11:29 AM

After nearly 2000 miles of driving the rental car here in Japan I've passed quite a few electronics and household goods stores, my favorite being a chain called "Big House".  This has gotten me thinking that it would be fun to buy a super high tech toilet seat with at least 10 buttons labeled only in kanji.  After I install this at home it should give friends something to think about.  I know that some simpler "washlet" seats are marketed by Toto in the U.S. to U.S. specs.  But these have labels in Roman characters and English explanations.  I want it all to be in Japanese.

One thing really troubles me, however...  line voltage here is 100V.  The electronics in the highest tech seats might have a switching power supply and therefore be indifferent to our higher voltage of 117V.  But the washlets also contain a water heater, a fan, and maybe some other stuff that is run directly from the AC power.  Will it fry if I plug it into US power?  Have any of the readers tried this?

Child seats urged for air travel
(USATODAY.com)

Child seats urged for air travel
(USATODAY.com) 08/04/2004 07:46 AM
USATODAY.com - The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday renewed its call for mandatory child safety seats on airline flights, calling their absence "unacceptable."

Lockheed Replaces 10,000 Solaris Seats
with Linux

Lockheed Replaces 10,000 Solaris Seats
with Linux 07/30/2004 03:48 PM

Talking toilets - whatever next?

Talking toilets - whatever next? 07/01/2004 08:29 AM
It was five years ago today... 1 July 1999

World's Best Toilets

World's Best Toilets 09/14/2004 08:18 PM
The world's best toilets, according to the Travel Channel. Time to redeocrate the toilet in your own castle? :-)

Toilets of New Orleans

Toilets of New Orleans 04/02/2005 06:27 PM
Toilets of New Orleans. An anthropological journey for the lost and weary.

On a Jet Airplane

On a Jet Airplane 12/02/2003 12:45 AM
As Millions of others head for the airport I am a few minutes away from joining my fellow Americans on...

Online booking allows SIA travellers to
choose specific seats

Online booking allows SIA travellers to
choose specific seats 03/14/2005 04:49 PM
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Dean Faces Empty Seats as He Nears
Possible End (Reuters)

Dean Faces Empty Seats as He Nears
Possible End (Reuters) 02/14/2004 10:21 PM
Reuters - Democrat Howard Dean faced scores of empty chairs in a half-empty hall on Saturday as he neared an anticipated defeat in Wisconsin's primary next week that could end his White House hopes.

No reclining seats for future Ryanair
passengers (Reuters)

No reclining seats for future Ryanair
passengers (Reuters) 02/16/2004 02:46 PM
Reuters - Passengers flying on Ryanair will have to make do without reclining seats, seat pockets and even window blinds in future as the Irish budget airline again strives to cut costs and lower fares.

Empty seats greet Microsoft security
speaker

Empty seats greet Microsoft security
speaker 05/26/2004 09:18 PM
ITBusiness.ca May 27 2004 0:52AM GMT

Free conference seats: at Government UK
IT summit: Book it now!

Free conference seats: at Government UK
IT summit: Book it now! 04/14/2004 03:50 AM
PublicTechnology.net Apr 14 2004 7:56AM GMT

WIPO has crazy toilets

WIPO has crazy toilets 11/05/2003 02:28 PM
I'm in Geneva, representing EFF at the World Intellectual Property Organization meeting on the unbelie vably misbegotten Broadcast Treaty, an Orwellian masterwork that makes the DMCA look like junior-high playground strong-arming.

The high point (other than working with the amazing coalition of activists that Jamie Love and the Civil Society Coalition have gathered here) was the utterly bizarre self-papering toilets in the WIPO building. I was so taken by these things that I had to shoot a movie -- I knew I could never describe them adequately with words alone. 675k AVI Link

Toilets of Today and Tomorrow

Toilets of Today and Tomorrow 04/23/2004 08:02 AM
Some toilets can even give you a medical checkup, sort of.

Wikipedia: Japanese Toilets

Wikipedia: Japanese Toilets 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

This isn't particularly new—in fact, it could be as old as the hills, if the hills were made in the '90s. But there has never been a fancy Japanese toilet control panel I haven't enjoyed looking at and this is certainly no exception. Even better, it's just a small excerpt from a fantastic article on Wikipedia that details more about Japanese toilets and their Number 2 cultural obsession than any one person really needs to know.

Japanese toilet [Wikipedia via Kanai]

Nine-Year-Old Boy Fascinated by Toilets
(AP)

Nine-Year-Old Boy Fascinated by Toilets
(AP) 01/04/2005 11:58 PM
AP - Nine-year-old Joey Sinay is so interested in how toilets work that he wrote a letter to a toilet maker asking if they would produce a clear commode.

Airplane Parachutes

Airplane Parachutes 12/24/2004 12:57 PM

Giant parachutes help small planes in distress float down to safety: I saw a bit on The Discovery Channel about these once. They started on ultralights, and I watched home video of a guy popping his plane's chute after a massive structural failure caused both wings to collapse. Very impressive.

There's a good picture with this article that will help you understand the basic concept.

The company's most advanced parachute now can accommodate nearly 4,000 pounds. While small planes can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and cruise at about 175 mph, regional jets weigh 80,000 pounds and fly at more than 500 mph.

That's why Ballistic Recovery Systems is working with NASA — which gave it $670,000 for research — to design a new generation of emergency parachutes that would work on small jets and could be steered by pilots as they drift to the ground.

Democrats Starting to See Chance of
Keeping Senate Seats in South

Democrats Starting to See Chance of
Keeping Senate Seats in South 06/02/2004 01:12 AM
The vacancies left by five incumbent Democratic senators who announced their retirements are leading to spirited contests.

Googleplex Gets Japanese Digital Toilets

Googleplex Gets Japanese Digital Toilets 12/15/2003 10:34 AM
SF Biz. Times: Digital revolution leaves Google feeling quite flush. I don't think it should be legal to make quite these many toilet puns. (But, as Gary Price notes "How many companies receive press attention for installing new toilets?")...

Submit Response: Gay Toilets In
Advertising

Submit Response: Gay Toilets In
Advertising 07/13/2004 07:06 PM
Gay Toilets in Advertising - a comment on Harpic's Bloo (among others)

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Betting on high-tech toilets

Betting on high-tech toilets 03/29/2005 03:06 PM
San Jose Mercury News Mar 29 2005 6:10PM GMT

Little Leaguers to Test Flush New
Toilets (AP)

Little Leaguers to Test Flush New
Toilets (AP) 03/31/2005 07:46 PM
AP - On Friday, Little Leaguers will get to test the new Fisher Cats Ballpark that's being built — but they won't be out on the field. Instead, they'll be in the bathrooms, making sure the toilets work.

Screenshots of toilets in different
video games

Screenshots of toilets in different
video games 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
Video game toilets (thanks kaf) .. ©„©Œˆ†Œ .. these

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Singapore to Inspect Bus Station Toilets
(AP)

Singapore to Inspect Bus Station Toilets
(AP) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
AP - Spick-and-span Singapore has set its sights on one of the final frontiers of filth in its neat borders — bus station toilets, a newspaper reported Monday.

Videoconferencing on the airplane
(kottke.org)

Videoconferencing on the airplane
(kottke.org) 06/25/2004 07:24 AM
Videoconferencing on the airplane (kottke.org) .. via

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Suspicious things I've done on an
airplane

Suspicious things I've done on an
airplane 08/06/2004 07:52 AM
An Indian-American blogger recounts the "suspicious" things he's done on an airplane:

For reference, I am about 5'8", dark black hair and untrimmed beard length about three to four inches. I weigh about 160lbs and have brown skin. I am of Indian descent but am frequently mistaken for Arab. I often wear religious headdress when traveling (a white cotton cap with gold trim).

Here's some of the things I have done on an airplane, and why:

- Speaking a foreign language in hushed tones with other similar males

My language is a variant of Gujarati, with many Arabic vocabulary words. I consider it rude to talk loudly on a plane, since people are sleeping, and prefer to talkin my language with my friends or family if we are discussing personal things because in my experience, people eavesdrop in close quarters.

Link (via Electrolite)

Airplane versus Minivan

Airplane versus Minivan 06/22/2005 02:23 AM

As I plan and pack up for Alaska I have had a couple of offers from guys who wanted to come with me from Boston to Anchorage (we leave Wednesday).  It turns out that the Cirrus SR20 is not that practical for long trips unless you are either very thin or totally friendless.Full fuel is necessary for some of the long legs in the remote regions of Alaska, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories where airports are widely separated and airports that sell fuel are uncommon--mostly you only get fuel at airports that are accessible by road or ship.  With full fuel my old Diamond Star would carry 570 pounds.  The Cirrus has a longer range but the penalty is that it only holds 520 pounds fully fueled and its performance at gross weight is marginal on warm days or at high elevations.  You need a lot of runway and to make sure that you don't need to outclimb any terrain.

The airplane isn't any fun without Alex in the back seat.  Alex needs his Science Diet Nature's Best, which isn't widely available, plus some other accessories.  Dog+food is about 100 lbs. total.  The plane needs a towbar, canopy cover, and tie-down ropes at 20 lbs.  For navigation one needs paper charts and approach plates for a total of at least 20 lbs.  Survival equipment is required by statute (until 2000 or so the kit was required include a gun and ammunition) and a full tent, mattress pad, and sleeping bag is really a good idea for forced landings as well as impromptu camping when hotels are full or not dog-friendly.  That's about 35 lbs. together.  You want some electronics in the airplane, such as headsets, EPIRB (the emergency locator transmitter that Cirrus includes in the airframe is an ancient 121.5 MHz design, which is not very effective for getting rescued), and maybe a little Iridium phone.  That's maybe 10 lbs. put together.  If I want to take a camera and some clothing and my 195 lb. carcass it looks as though I will have only about 100 lbs. left over for a human passenger.  If I want to take a little folding bike that comes down to 70 lbs. spare capacity.

How does a minivan compare?  A 2005 Toyota Sienna has a "curb weight" of 4120 lbs., 2000 lbs. more than the Cirrus.  Its gross vehicle weight is 5690 for a "payload" of 1570 (the curb weight includes full fuel).

London's toilets in audiobook form for
iPod

London's toilets in audiobook form for
iPod 07/25/2004 02:02 PM
pPod is a spoken-word iPod based guide to the public toilets of London.

pPod combines text, spoken word audio, and music to deliver a guide to London’s public loos – truly a convenience for iPod users on the move! Entertaining audio reviews and even accompanying sound tracks such as Handel’s ‘Water Music’ and ‘Cosmic Winds’ will help users to locate their nearest (and loveliest!) loos.

Link (Thanks, Alistair!)

"Video Game Toilets: A Pictorial
History"

"Video Game Toilets: A Pictorial
History" 10/29/2003 03:28 AM

Beijing to clean up smelly toilets
(Reuters)

Beijing to clean up smelly toilets
(Reuters) 08/03/2004 12:32 AM
Reuters - China's capital Beijing, trying to flush away its reputation for primitive public toilets, plans to boost investment to build more lavatories and keep them stocked with toilet paper, the China Daily says.

Va. Residents Find Dead Rats in Toilets
(AP)

Va. Residents Find Dead Rats in Toilets
(AP) 12/31/2003 05:02 AM
AP - Two residents discovered dead rats in their toilets — and town officials say a nest in the sewer line could be the problem.

Lifting the Lid on High-Tech Toilets
(Reuters)

Lifting the Lid on High-Tech Toilets
(Reuters) 04/13/2005 11:34 AM
Reuters - China is coming clean about its filthy toilets, first hosting a world toilet summit and now about to hold its first ever toilet exhibition which will lift the lid on new technology.

Gold leaf bedrooms? check. Toilets? ah.

Gold leaf bedrooms? check. Toilets? ah. 07/02/2004 08:23 AM
I've always wanted to see this: a photographic tour of the inside of St.Pancras. The ex-hôtel, now train station, gothic building, mind you, not the actual saint. When the Eurostar terminus moves there, someone will renovate that building and it...
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