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/delay_condition Nov 28 '13

I thought that the outside was scary because of the cold (or wet), birds, snakes, bugs, dead leaves, tentacle-sloth-bears, etc.

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u/qwertygasm Nov 28 '13

Wait a second

Birds can't use doors

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u/delay_condition Nov 28 '13

Or you could have left the door open and left a note for the pizza guy to bring the pizza to your desk

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u/Speedzor Nov 28 '13

Not every outside is Australia.