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License to Sit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the laugh-while-you-can dept.

Xunker writes "It's the Next Big Thing(TM) in sitting. Okay, so it's a bit of satire from our own Prof. Steve Mann (of Wearable Computer fame). It's basically a time lock chair -- you must buy a 'seating lisence' to use the chair, and if your lisence expires while you're sitting, spikes pop up to remind you you are no longer allowed to sit there. Oh, yeah, dig the terms and conditions, too."

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  1. Hmmm.. by ivan256 · · Score: 4

    Would this make ass shaped pieces of metal shielding illegal under UCITA?

  2. but mom!!! by kirby697 · · Score: 4

    No mom, I can't get off my ass and do something, I'm paying to sit here!

    What a perfect idea!

  3. Dude, this is way OFFTOPIC... by SvnLyrBrto · · Score: 5
    ... but if you think American toilets are something, try visiting Japan sometime!

    The toilets there are something out of Star Trek. First, the seat is heated, so no freezing your butt when you get up late at night to do the #2. They sence when you sit on them, and TALK to you (in both Japanese AND English), giving instructions on their use. When you're done, you have the option of having the toilet wash and blow-dry your ass for you. And when you're done, they flush, clean, and disinfect themselves.

    And when I say they clean themselves, I don't mean they have that blue bisciut in the tank that drops some perfumed slurry into the bowl when you flush. Nope, toilets in Japan have built in scrubbers that automatically scrub the bowl for you to keep it in pristine condition.

    And that's just the low-end model they have in the hotels for us gaijin to use.

    I'm told that some of the higher end models in homes over there have on-board equipment that'll analyse your urine and feces for indications of health problems and automatically email your doctor if they detect anything seroiusly amiss, store a history of results for download, etc...

    john
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  4. Soon to be sued... by WombatControl · · Score: 5

    Already RAMBUS is claiming that they have a patent on this technology and have planned a lawsuit against the creators of the chair. Likewise Microsoft has also sued stating that they've pioneered giving customers the shaft and any technology that does the same is their intellectual property. :)

  5. Two questions by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 5
    1. Are they going to integrate it into microsoft's .net suite, or are they going to insist on their own protocol?
    2. Are the spikes going to result in a new Open Sores movement?

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  6. More proof by Ronin+X · · Score: 5

    More proof that shrinkwrap licenses are a pain in the ass....

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  7. Chairs and MS Products have something in common. by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5

    They are both designed to be confortable for the majority of ASSES out there.

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