On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:14:58 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

One blogger writes that during the recent power interruption in Southern
California, the electric-eye toilet flushing mechanisms at UC-San Diego
refused to work.

ALL of eye toilets I have seen have a flush button.

More than half of those I've seen don't. I started paying attention
after I read here that they do, but most here don't, and on my drive
to Tennessee iirc.

Just because the
guy is ignorant, doesn't mean that particular mechanism is flawed.