Ongoing Sochi Issues Thread

[sureLoss]

Just ridiculous... I don't have alot of experience in construction, but wouldn't it be a lot less effort to remove the toilet and close off the plumbing then put up the wall rather than trying to build a wall around the toilet?

[sureLoss]

So apparently the Russians are monitoring hotel showers

http://www.businessinsider.com/hotel...abotage-2014-2

Responding to the western campaign of "deliberate sabotage" in the media, Paul Sonne of WSJ reports, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Kozak said, "We have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day."

Then an aide whisked Kozak away before he could answer any follow-up questions, Sonne reports.

Business Insider contributor and former NSA operative John Schindler has some counter-surveillance advice for Sochi's shower users:


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How is FSB watching you in your hotel bathroom? Shut door & run shower hot for 10 mins. Clear spot on mirror is the cam. #Sochi #CI #protip

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/hotel...#ixzz2sZPjGH1s

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Just ridiculous... I don't have alot of experience in construction, but wouldn't it be a lot less effort to remove the toilet and close off the plumbing then put up the wall rather than trying to build a wall around the toilet?

Is that what happened?

I thought it was some sort of make shift urinal.

[ZedMan]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Scary stuff. Can they hack your phone if you don't go on any crazy websites or download malware intentionally?

No. If you check out the researcher's twitter (https://twitter.com/lowcalspam) he mentions that they had to browse to a malicious site, download and confirm installation of an android app. Looks like NBC added a good dose of sensationalism in their editing.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by ZedMan

No. If you check out the researcher's twitter (https://twitter.com/lowcalspam) he mentions that they had to browse to a malicious site, download and confirm installation of an android app. Looks like NBC added a good dose of sensationalism in their editing.

I kind of figured that. That happens here too.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

So apparently the Russians are monitoring hotel showers

http://www.businessinsider.com/hotel...abotage-2014-2

Haha. Next it'll be "we never said that we have video, what we meant was we heard that happen from hotel managers"

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

https://twitter.com/_JeuxOlympiques/...04730632245250

Tiny Eye suggest that image has been online since at least 2013-08-11.

Hard to pin point where it's from exactly, but it's been making the rounds under "horrible construction mistakes" for a few months now. So at the very least it wasn't taken in Sochi this week.

[Senator Clay Davis]

This whole thing is going to play right into Putin's hands. He'll use the fact the the Games were a debacle as a "The western world hates us" thing rather than "oh yeah this thing is a catastrophe" thing.

[BloodFetish]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Just ridiculous... I don't have alot of experience in construction, but wouldn't it be a lot less effort to remove the toilet and close off the plumbing then put up the wall rather than trying to build a wall around the toilet?

Maybe they removed the toilet, capped the plumbing, built the wall and then cut the toilet in half and glued it onto the wall. That would be easier than trying to form a wall around the toilet.

[photon]

However they did that half toilet in the wall trick, whoever did it you can bet their thought process started with the words "Oh yeah? Well.."

[cam_wmh]

I feel trolled.

There is zero chance that picture is real.

[Resolute 14]

The toilet image is not from Sochi: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world..._are_real.html


Also, Google is not being remotely subtle in its criticism of Russia's anti-gay law. They have a pretty good doodle today.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

Completely agree. I read numerous quotes today from Mark McMorris and other snowboarders that yes it is difficult but so is the x games and there is always an element of danger. Shaun white is a joke .

Probably one of the best documentaries I've seen is this:
http://thecrashreel.com/store/?index.php

There's some onions in it but it really shows you just how stuck up/arrogant and entitled Mr.White is. Some may remember the story of Kevin Pearce but the guy was on his way to be what Shaun is today except better as he was winning the events with Shaun in 2nd place until a training accident took him away from the sport at the young age of 19. They grew up together and the sheer difference between the two and how personable they were really shines.
Worth the watch if you have time.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Thanks Royle, I am gonna watch this immediately.

[MissTeeks]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

The toilet image is not from Sochi: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world..._are_real.html


Also, Google is not being remotely subtle in its criticism of Russia's anti-gay law. They have a pretty good doodle today.

I like it!

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Hotel rooms in Greece that I paid about the equivalent of $60-80/night for were nicer than these. This is a 51 billion dollar project to host the world...

When I was traveling around Thailand, every hotel we stayed in was under $20 per night, and every room I had blows these out of the water

[Gundo]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

When I was traveling around Thailand, every hotel we stayed in was under $20 per night, and every room I had blows these out of the water

In Thailand for $25 you also get a case of beer and BJ and change back








Allegedly

[getbak]

Chara's bed, with extra leg room:

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Hotel rooms in Greece that I paid about the equivalent of $60-80/night for were nicer than these. This is a 51 billion dollar project to host the world...

Does it really matter? Just because a small portion of the world expects to be lavished in a 5 star resort doesn't mean the rest of the world feels the same way.

If I were there, the least of my worries would be the quality of the linens and a modest paint job.

[BigBrodieFan]

Has anyone noticed that Bob Costas seems to have lost his entire upper plate? He could stretch his upper lip down to his belly button. Yeesh, how odd looking.