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CigarNut 08:19 AM 09-15-2014
..."The Water Fountain Needs To Be Rebooted"...

They installed a new water fountain at work -- one with spigot to fill water bottles with an electronic on/off sensor. The LED display that counts "plastic bottles saved" is flashing an error code.

Times have certainly changed from the old glass 5 gallon bottle sitting on top of a ceramic tank...

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ColdCuts 11:35 AM 09-15-2014
I prefer the ceramic. Not everything needs to be computerized.

Don't get me wrong. I like my laptop and my smartphone. But, enough with the computers already.
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markem 11:39 AM 09-15-2014
An "electronic off" sensor. What could possibly go wrong.
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The Poet 11:50 AM 09-15-2014
The Internet Of Things shall spell our doom, one byte at a time. I don't need my fridge to tell me I'm out of milk.
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8zeros 12:45 PM 09-15-2014
Yep.
Oven, sure.
Dishwasher, of course.
Cable TV receiver, occasionally.
Even a clothes washer, sometimes.
Heck, cars, all the time.
But you would never suspect the water cooler.
It probably lost it's connection to the NSA. You fixed it.
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CigarNut 02:53 PM 09-15-2014
It looks like our facilities folks do not (yet) know now to reboot it. They cannot simply power cycle it as the power cord is behind a screwed-on panel :-)
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dave 03:04 PM 09-15-2014
We don't have LED's, but we have had the 'motion sensor' type for a long time. I swear those things (as well as the ones on sinks, soap, etc.) must all come with a candid camera. I end up waving my hands and doing a fn jig just to get a drink of water most of the time.
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TXSmokey 05:42 PM 09-15-2014
They took all the water fountains out where I work, now we have coolers with ice and bottles of water. The coolers are usually empty though. Now they complain about water bottles being thrown on the floor.
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The Poet 05:46 PM 09-15-2014
Originally Posted by TXSmokey:
They took all the water fountains out where I work, now we have coolers with ice and bottles of water. The coolers are usually empty though. Now they complain about water bottles being thrown on the floor.
So what, they want you to throw them on the ceiling instead? :-)
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Dude Here 09:07 PM 09-15-2014
My gym has one of those fancy water fountains as well. Damn thing is always out of order.
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Steve 08:11 AM 09-16-2014
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dave 11:44 AM 09-16-2014
^ We're only about 20 years behind Japan. I was afraid to sit on a crapper when I first got there.....wasn't sure I'd be able to figure out how to flush the damn thing....after three years I still couldn't operate a toilet very well....lol
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The Poet 12:22 PM 09-16-2014
Originally Posted by dave:
^ We're only about 20 years behind Japan. I was afraid to sit on a crapper when I first got there.....wasn't sure I'd be able to figure out how to flush the damn thing....after three years I still couldn't operate a toilet very well....lol
Reminds me of that Stallone/Snipes/Sandy Bullock flick, Demolition Man, where Sly didn't know how to use the three shells. :-)
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