Print From Your TV Set, Says HP

futile.com writes: "Looks like the fine folks at HP are working on getting a printing system developed for your TV set. Seems like they're joining forces with AT&T to do so. I could see some interesting uses with this and Bay Watch." I can think of a few situations where this would be handy, but it looks like Idiot Box-printing (bane of WebTV users) may soon be the bane of everyone with a television. Think "solicitation."

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Re:Cool, but why?

[Jonathan]

Just print out a picture every fraction of a second, and you can have a nice flip-book of your favorite show!

Print from Your Toilet, Says Quilted Northern

[hypergeek]

"Looks like an industry consortium headed by Quilted Northern, Charmin', and America OnthejohndammitI'llberightout! are working on getting a printing system developed for your home restroom. Seems like they're joining forces with American Sewer and Septic, Inc. (AS&S) to do so. I could see some interesting uses with this and Microsoft Force-Feedback Low-Flush Toilet(TM)."

I can think of a few situations where this would be messy and impractical, but it looks like Throne Room-printing (bane of WebToilet users) may soon be the bane of everyone who doesn't own a chamberpot or outhouse. Think of how badly inkjet blots would spread on 2-ply paper!

Critics shook their heads in shame today, cryptically muttering that this is the stupidest development since the ill-fated "TV Printers" promoted by Hewlett-Packard.

CEO Vladimir Foonly of EuroBidet, AG, slammed the consortium's efforts, saying that this was "a giant step backwards in the quest for a paper-free oriface."