Re: Are you ready for the toilet of the future?

[rick wesson <rick () support-intelligence com>]

<true story>

ICANN/ISOC 2000 in Yokohama Japan... I head into the tolet leaving pilar
in the lobby to refresh myself. I started playing with all the buttons
and got into a situation where a warm, nearly hot stream of water zeroed
in on my ... I couldn't turn it off, which really made me laugh. For
many very uncomfortable moments I was howeling attempting many
combinations of buttons and positions to get away from the stream.

I finally figured it out, but pilar was really embarrased cuz I my
laughter rang all the way out into the lobby. I exited red faced and
nearly crying from my pricarious position.

I don't press the buttons on the john any more, and I'm a affirmed
luddite when it comes to #2.


-rick


Larry Seltzer wrote:
> I saw something like this once in a hotel in New York near Columbus
> Circle. Perhaps they cater to Japanese a lot. 
>
> I had the same reaction as the people in the article. I burst out
> laughing, then I took a picture with my cell phone and sent it to my
> wife. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Ned Fleming
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 5:41 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] Are you ready for the toilet of the future?
>
>
>
> There appears to be a toilet gap between America and Japan:
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35787518/ns/technology_and_science-innovatio
> n/
>
> I infer from the article that these gadgets may be networked and thus
> susceptible to buffer overflows. In the event of cyberwar, perhaps
> they could be weaponized.
>
>
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