[181] in Humor
MIT DID IT FIRST!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stratton@MIT.EDU)
Sat Apr 2 23:56:59 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 94 23:55:27
From: stratton@MIT.EDU
From the mini JIR:
> "Technology Update: The Seat of Knowledge," by Stephen Drew
> "You can't read it on the toilet" -- this humble criticism has posed a
> maddening barrier to those who want computer technology to replace
> paper-based magazines. A Canadian firm is constructing a toilet with a
> plug-detachable magazine-style screen device. The device could make it
> feasible to put public rest stops on the information superhighway.
Anyone see the athena terminal in a stall of the the building 8 men's room
last fall? It worked for a few hours before the dark ages viewpoint of
some phys plant supervisor ordered it disconnected and removed. To bad the
Technology Licensing Office didn't patent it - we might have a good source
of funding to support UROP.
Don't believe me? Check the Tech's 1993 review issue.
