On 29 Nov 2007 21:25:01 -0600, Daytek <Daytek@isp.com> wrote:
>And ::darkshadows:: did psot words of wisdom:::
>
>> Is that worth 50 cents? I guess so...
>>
>> Thu Nov 29, 12:32 PM ET
>>
>> LONDON (Reuters) - First came SatNav for lost drivers. Now there's
>> "SatLav," a toilet-finding service to help people caught short in
>> central London.
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>>
>> Thursday, Westminster City Council launched a new mobile phone text
>> message service that will guide Londoners and tourists to their
>> nearest public lavatory.
>>
>> Anyone who sends the word "Toilet" to 80097 will receive a reply
>> giving details of their nearest public convenience.
>>
>> Student Gail Knight, 26, came up with the idea for an innovation
>> competition run by the council.
>>
>> "When I'm out with friends we're always ducking into McDonalds or
>> department stores to use their loos but we feel a bit bad about it,"
>> she said. "I thought a text service would be really useful for people
>> on the move."
>>
>> The service is available across the Westminster, an area that includes
>> many of the capital's most popular sights, such as Big Ben, Trafalgar
>> Square and Buckingham Palace.
>>
>> Unlike in-car devices that rely on satellites to pinpoint someone's
>> location, the SatLav uses mobile phone technology.
>>
>> All that comes at a price, however. Rather than spending a penny,
>> people will be charged 25 pence ($0.52) per text.
>>
>
>BAH! It is just another way to track people in England. After all, a
>tourist toilet user could be a terrorist.
Blowing up public loos...
There's an idea.
lol,
darkshadows
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