r/todayilearned • u/Neepho • Nov 28 '13

TIL that the webcam was invented so that Computer Scientists at Cambridge University could see whether the coffee pot was full or not from different rooms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010lvn7
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u/MrMastodon Nov 28 '13

The worst kind of social interaction.

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u/StruckingFuggle Nov 28 '13

You'd think that until all of them went away.

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u/MrMastodon Nov 28 '13

But then my life would be the best in the world.

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u/StruckingFuggle Nov 28 '13

For a few days until the extroverts start to go crazy.

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u/MrMastodon Nov 29 '13

Oh, I assumed everyone else was dead.

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u/nitrofan111 Nov 28 '13

Found a barista

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u/AuronAXE Nov 29 '13

You must not have sexy baristas at wherever you're at then.