"RIAA Toilet Paper"

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Toilet Paper algorithms ( jnd.org )

Toilet Paper algorithms ( jnd.org ) 03/17/2005 02:49 AM
algorithms for properly using a dual toilet paper holder .. usability analysis of toilet-roll holders by Don Norman .. When scientists attack the toliet roll problem .. intimate secrets .. ( jnd.org ) .. algorithms

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Toilet Paper Scalability

Toilet Paper Scalability 03/14/2005 06:06 PM

Here's a fun example of why scalability is hard: What problems do you run into by going parallel on your toilet paper dispenser?

Although most homes have only single roll holders, most commercial establishments have long ago switched to devices that hold multiple rolls. We decided to install one, so we purchased holder of two rolls, side by side.

We discovered that although we now had two rolls instead of one, the problem was not solved. Both rolls ran out at the same time. Sure, it took twice as long before the rolls emptied, but we were still stuck with the same problem: no more paper. We had discovered that the switch to two rolls meant we had to use more sophisticated behavior: the algorithm for tearing of paper mattered.

A fun article with a good look into how computer nerds look at the world, but it also hints at actual issues with scalability: More does not automatically equal better.

Danes Help With Toilet Paper Shortage
(AP)

Danes Help With Toilet Paper Shortage
(AP) 05/07/2004 09:16 AM
AP - Danes rushed emergency relief to their Nordic siblings in Norway on Friday to help wipe out a toilet paper shortage.

ShitBegone: no-frills toilet paper

ShitBegone: no-frills toilet paper 04/20/2004 11:21 AM
A Boing Boing reader sez: "ShitBegone toilet paper is a quality product that exemplifies your attitude and approach to life. ShitBegone Value is a basic, 100% recycled toilet paper for those who don't need to pay for top-notch softness— like businesses and single men." 96 rolls for $44.99 Link

Pa. City Receives Toilet Paper Donation
(AP)

Pa. City Receives Toilet Paper Donation
(AP) 08/31/2004 04:50 PM
AP - York, a city struggling with its finances, has received a most practical gift. An anonymous donor dropped off a case of toilet paper at City Hall on Sunday. The gesture was in response to a recent comment made by York Councilman Wm. Lee Smallwood, who wondered how the cash-strapped city would close a $25 million deficit in the police and fire pensions.

Woman Charged After Toilet Paper Claim
(AP)

Woman Charged After Toilet Paper Claim
(AP) 04/15/2004 05:03 PM
AP - A 56-year-old woman has been charged with making a false report about poisoned toilet paper.

Seniors Celebrate Toilet Paper
'Birthday' (AP)

Seniors Celebrate Toilet Paper
'Birthday' (AP) 08/27/2004 03:40 PM
AP - Something often taken for granted but hard to live without — toilet paper — was celebrated by residents of a retirement community. Thelma Brittingham, in charge of the celebration at Holiday Retirement Village, told the Evansville Courier & Press that she wanted to give her fellow residents a reason to smile.

Academic essay on ShitBegone toilet
paper and postmodernism

Academic essay on ShitBegone toilet
paper and postmodernism 04/22/2004 01:21 PM
Surprisingly readable academic paper with more information about ShitBegone toilet paper (which I blogged previously).

[Jed] Ela did the reverse of DuChamp: he exhibited a single role of a toilet paper he had thought of as a joke, called ‘Shitbegone’.  The exhibit was a great success, and Ela realised he could actually make money by mass-producing Shitbegone and selling it in stores.  What differentiates this from the sale of other artistic reproductions is that Ela markets Shitbegone as toilet paper, not as art: he sells it by the case (“96 double rolls for $44.99. That's 47 cents per roll!”).  What started as something like Warhol’s soup cases turns into an idiosyncratic case of the product development and marketing of a basic essential commodity.

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A4 Paper / International Standard Paper
Sizes

A4 Paper / International Standard Paper
Sizes 05/15/2004 09:47 PM
งชง†ง‡งŠ จŠ† ง„…„„Š ง†ง‡ ‡งŠ ƒง .. [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html] .. International Standard Paper Sizes .. จŒ† งŒ†ฌง .. Fascinating article

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[Paper] Small XSS Paper

[Paper] Small XSS Paper 07/28/2004 04:49 PM
Ferruh Mavituna (Jul 27 2004)

"toilet #45"

"toilet #45" 02/14/2004 03:42 AM

World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day 11/17/2003 03:10 PM
Cl imb on Board Seemingly in line with the tenor of much of the discussion here lately, I present for your delectation World Toilet Day 2003 on Nov. 19, brought to you by the folks at the World Toilet Organization. My good buddy AL's on board....

Toilet Trees

Toilet Trees 03/30/2005 01:12 AM
Where do you hide your nasty-ass toilet plunger so the house guests won't see it? Under an attention-getting, gawdy as hell fake plant - duh.

coming to a toilet near you soon...

coming to a toilet near you soon... 04/28/2004 11:45 AM
jeff goldblum is watching you poop... - NSFW.

U.S. integrity down the toilet

U.S. integrity down the toilet 06/06/2005 12:00 AM
Forget about Newsweek: The Pentagon reveals more details of Quran desecration at Gitmo (very late on a Friday). No evidence of flushing -- but does splashing urine on the holy book count as abuse?

Paper Beats Rock, but Plastic Beats
Paper

Paper Beats Rock, but Plastic Beats
Paper 12/28/2004 11:18 AM
Credit cards are eclipsing cash and checks in our society.

New York Times on the toilet

New York Times on the toilet 04/19/2005 11:04 AM
David Pescovitz: Today's New York Times has an article about the toilet market with a few interesting bits about American Standard's design center:

In one room, 12 toilets are flushing as if under ghostly control; an electronic machine is pulling the virtual levers - and manipulating water temperature and pressure as well. In smaller rooms nearby, one man is alternately flushing cylinders of miso paste, wadded-up paper, and as many as 24 golf balls at a time, while another is inspecting different glazes on ceramic tiles.

Men and machines are testing and retesting the Champion, a low-to-medium priced but technically advanced toilet. American Standard, the world's largest maker of bathroom and kitchen products, has promised consumers that the Champion will never clog.

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Collected toilet walls

Collected toilet walls 04/11/2004 10:16 PM
Writings on the Stall is a site that collects bathroom graffiti -- they want your submissions. Link (Thanks, Jonathan!)

iCan... **not** Apple's new toilet.

iCan... **not** Apple's new toilet. 11/04/2003 03:41 PM
The BBC introduces it's new grass-roots political website iCan. After research showed (surprise surprise) that "many people are very disillusioned and cynical about politicians and local civic institutions" moves were made to set up iCan, to enable people to get information on and engage in local and national political issues. With search tools to find actions on local issues, message boards, and the ability to create a website for your cause, "iCan aims to make politics accessible to ordinary people confronting a problem." It's also one of the things Rupert Murdoch and The Guardian would like to squash.

wcnt - wav composer not toilet

wcnt - wav composer not toilet 03/20/2003 10:42 AM
wcnt - Wav Composer Not Toilet is Released!

Toto Intelligence Toilet

Toto Intelligence Toilet 03/29/2005 04:22 AM

Toto's new "Intelligence Toilet" system brings health measurements only a bathroom away. For mere thousands of dollars, the Intelligence Toilet system will measure urine sugar, blood pressure, body fat and weight on a daily basis. Since there is very little human intervention required, it's almost lazy enough for me to use. The data can be transferred over a home network too, for viewing on your PC. Sony Online Entertainment has announced the next version of Everquest will interface with this as well, so creating an in-game likeness of yourself is as easy as going to the bathroom.

Official Homepage [Toto]

Taiwanese Cat Is Toilet Trained (AP)

Taiwanese Cat Is Toilet Trained (AP) 04/14/2004 07:52 AM
AP - A white and tan Taiwanese cat made his successful television debut — on the toilet.

Toto's Daily Check-up Toilet

Toto's Daily Check-up Toilet 03/29/2005 08:52 AM

If I had to pick a toilet company, clearly Toto would be my favorite. They've moved well beyond the orifice squirting and heating air drying of standard Japanese space toilets to add glucose level, blood pressure, fat percentage, and weight testing, all from your urine.

Okay, not exactly, but the whole Toto system, which is currently set to be sold by the Yamato house building corporation in Japan, does transform a lowly bathroom into a full-fledged sick bay.

Intelligent toilets according to TOTO [AkihabaraNews]

Woman gets burns from toilet (Reuters)

Woman gets burns from toilet (Reuters) 01/10/2004 03:48 AM
Reuters - A woman will require plastic surgery for serious burns after she sat on a New Zealand public toilet smeared with an unknown chemical, media reports.

Car Damaged by Flying Portable Toilet
(AP)

Car Damaged by Flying Portable Toilet
(AP) 06/09/2004 10:19 AM
AP - A woman's car was badly damaged Wednesday when a portable toilet was whisked into the air in a storm and flung down on the hood of her car, police said.

Public toilet lets you see out, but
people can't see in

Public toilet lets you see out, but
people can't see in 06/21/2004 01:42 PM
Here's a picture of a public toilet in Switzerland that's made entirely out of one-way glass. No one can see you in there, but when you are inside, it looks like you're sitting in a clear glass box. I don't think I'd be able to go. Link (Thanks, DocX!)

Car damaged by flying portable toilet

Car damaged by flying portable toilet 06/09/2004 12:03 PM

Voyeur filmed women in toilet

Voyeur filmed women in toilet 09/03/2004 02:31 PM
A computer expert admits filming women in a toilet to gratify a sexual fetish.

Talking Toilet Orders Men to Sit Down
(Reuters)

Talking Toilet Orders Men to Sit Down
(Reuters) 05/20/2004 08:32 AM
Reuters - A German inventor who developed a gadget that berates men if they try to use the toilet standing up has sold more than 1.6 million devices, his business manager said on Tuesday.

0401: iPoo GPS Toilet Locator

0401: iPoo GPS Toilet Locator 04/01/2005 09:28 AM

A GPS device with pre-loaded location data for the UK's toilets. So wouldn't that just be the whole country? Zing!

Also, it would help if I had seen more of your homeland than just Heathrow, I guess.

UK company creates iPoo - the GPS toilet locator [Pocket-Lint]

Web Site Lets You Vote With Your Toilet

Web Site Lets You Vote With Your Toilet 06/27/2004 04:51 AM
Gag Gift Aims To Lighten Partisan Campaign Using Toilet Paper [PRWEB Jun 27, 2004]

| State drags the chain on toilet tax

| State drags the chain on toilet tax 08/14/2004 01:05 AM
News.com.au - Sat Aug 14, 01:48 am GMT

Other News: iPod Toilet Trap

Other News: iPod Toilet Trap 07/19/2004 09:26 AM
We might take note of these tales of misfortune with iPods and toilets....

The Australian National Public Toilet
Map

The Australian National Public Toilet
Map 07/06/2004 10:05 AM
The Australian National Public Toilet Map.

Attack of the Toilet Tube Robots

Attack of the Toilet Tube Robots 04/21/2004 11:29 AM
Wired News writes about development of a new type of swarming robot, called 'Scouts,' that can autonomously coordinate their actions, allowing them to cover large areas where GPS can't find them and human-control would be too cumbersome. About the size and shape of a toilet-paper tube, the units may eventually...

Student Charged With Clogging Toilet
(AP)

Student Charged With Clogging Toilet
(AP) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
AP - Jesse Huffman insists he didn't do it on purpose, but the toilet he left plugged after "nature called" at this border crossing in north-central Montana has him facing criminal charges.

Toto's Techno Toilet Tomorrow

Toto's Techno Toilet Tomorrow 05/31/2004 09:49 AM

Apparently toilet technologists Toto have felt the rains down in Africa one too many times, developing a new backdoor spritzer known as the 'Washlet' that tries to give a modern-day spin to the bidet. While Science Toilets are nothing new -- the Japanese have led this field for decades, for better or worse (see: Tubgirl) -- Toto is pushing the Washlet with all they've got, with videos, infomercials, and even a multi-story Times Square ad. Will Americans finally warm up to a warm water pulse on their sour apples? I could assume, but opinions are like assholes: they often feel cleanest when hit with a jet of heated steam.

Meanwhile, back in Japan, Toto has added a 'hydroelectric' convertor that uses the wasted flush energy to power the infrared sensor, keeping the internal battery charged for up to 10 years. It even tries to guess what number you've worked out and adjusts the amount of water as appropriate. (Thanks, Robert!)
Read - Product Page [Washlet]
Read - Hydroelectric Toilet [Dottocomu]

Converted toilet contains world's
smallest brewery

Converted toilet contains world's
smallest brewery 08/23/2004 06:36 AM
Cory Doctorow: A Welsh brewery in a 5'-square former toilet has reopened, brewing beer for the pub next door: it is the "world's smallest brewery."

Margaret and Mark Phillips, who own the Tynllidiart Arms and the brewery, said the beer had a secret recipe.

"The previous owner of the pub moved out two years ago and up until two weeks ago the pub was closed and the brewery was too," said Mr Phillips, who moved in just two weeks ago.

"We thought it would be nice to brew our own local beer and luckily we had a brewer living a few doors down who was able to help.

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Singapore to Print Tourist Toilet Maps
(AP)

Singapore to Print Tourist Toilet Maps
(AP) 05/06/2004 08:39 AM
AP - When finicky tourists in Singapore hear nature's call, they'll know where to go.
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