Toadfish Monastery

Leaving it logged in is the answer to extra large presence. Can anyone ever beat Swato now?

But with no action after 15 minutes the system thinks, that the user has left and refreshing then does not add those 15 minutes to the log-in time. So, refresh at least every 14 minutes or you do not progress.

How do you know that?

He's written an application which refreshes automatically every 14 minutes. 

Wish I could do that.
No, it's bad experience. E.g. when I take too long time in the restroom and then come back and find that at refresh the clock but not the counter gets updated.

Is the restroom first left past the library, or am I heading in the wrong direction?

There is a library in the restroom.
That partially explains why stays there tend to exceed 15 minutes.

And another ten days have gone by bringing us up to 30 weeks

do you get a red star or a gold one?

None, please.

There are no stars in the Stasi logo...

Those were record keepers not holders

The record holders of record keeping.

Contenders yes but there is fierce competition. Their old-fashioned methods pale in comparision with what e.g. the DHS can do today (like collecting all phone calls and emails going through US servers). But the problem of data analysis not being able to keep up with data collection stays the same.
Btw, a nice literary take on this (with no political implications) is Stanislaw Lem's story Ananke from the Pilot Pirx cycle.

222 days, 22 hours, 22 minutes