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It could be useful for solving the Urinal Problem: http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~kranakis/Papers/urinal.pdf http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~kranakis/Papers/uri

• nickpsecurity 10y ago
  It was amusing when my government teacher explained the urinal problem to women in the class in a discussion on "man laws." He first asked where they would go in a four, urinal situation if there was nobody present, a person at urinal 1, and people at 1 and 3. The men and women had very, different answers that were pretty consistent within each gender. The women always asked, "Well what do you do if 1 and 3 are taken if 2 and 4 aren't an option?" Every guy but me effectively said, "Try not to piss yourself until 1 or 3 become available." "Nick, you aren't weirded out by people sneaking a peek?" "Nah, my protocol is different. It recognizes root cause is them looking at what they don't need to. If I notice this, I'll simply remind them they should turn away from me before I turn something toward them. Not my eyes either. Most rational and irrational people will avoid that outcome to maintain what dignity they can when exiting a bathroom." The guys got a kick out of that solution but chose not to upgrade their protocol. Their loss. ;)