Math and urine 16 Sep 2009 I just had to bring this blag post by Randall Munroe on the mathematics of the right choice of urinal to use in mens rooms to your attention. How can one not like a post that describes the ICUP (International Choice of Urinal Protocol) thus: Humor Social evolution
Guest post On Negation 28 Sep 2010 Jim Harrison is a regular commenter who made an important comment on my piece on Creativity. I invited him to do a guest post, and this is it, below the fold: Read More
Biology Repost: The Song of the Scientist 30 Oct 200918 Sep 2017 I found this on my old blog and liked it so much, I thought I’d replay it: A recent report on the songs of the eponymous “great tit”, a common forest bird famous for learning to peck the foil tops of milk bottles in the 1950s, shows that they independently… Read More
Administrative Interregnum 21 Dec 2008 Because I have to hand back my laptop to my present employer, and my future employer won’t have a Mac for me before mid-January or later, I may not be able to post much for a while. I do have access to a desktop PC, but what can one really… Read More
If n = 1, you simply stipulate that it occupies one stall at random. On second thoughts, there are separate rules for the choice of stall that have to do with the location of the door. One should choose the nearest end stall for ease of getting out and of access to the handwashing facilities. It also lessens your chance of being crowded on one side. For sitting, one should choose the middle stall, as it will tend to be less used and therefore less unpleasant. Otherwise, the same rule applies as the ICUP (where the “P” now stands for something else). Maybe I’ve overthought this…
I’ve read that the first one is the least used. Maybe that’s only in facilities for women, although I don’t why that would be so. Possibly I did not read that and it is a false memory.
There is a much simpler solution that requires no maths; don’t use urinals! Piss on a tree like nature intended!