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Microsoft Rolls Out iLoo
TommyTyker writes "According to this CNet article, Microsoft is using England as a test bed for the iLoo -- a 'PortaJohn' that allows the 'user' to surf the net while taking care of 'business.' MSN is even looking at getting TP manufacturers to create some of their product with URL's printed on them. Pooptastic!" Life does not imitate the Onion. No, sir.
God knows most MS products aren't fit for anything other than wiping...
Like I'd really want to use this thing after countless numbers of people touched it shortly after wiping their asses...
The finally do something inovative and it's full of sh*t. No, really...
I would not be using that! They don't seem to think about where they but the internet these days. Being inside one of these porta loos is not a place to spend quality internet time.
But it would be much better for the people waiting.
As opposed to other MS products, which crap on you while you surf the net.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Would it clog and force you to use the "Ctrl+Alt+Delete Plunger"?
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Apple releases the iTunes music store, a revolutionary (or at least *evolutionary*) way to buy music online.
Microsoft responds with a hygiene disaster, and a way to make sure there are a lot of people at public events banging on the doors of porta-potties and peeing their pants.
Way to go, Microsoft. You've hereby invented the WORST IDEA EVER. That's innovation.
Guess we know where Microsoft wants to go today.
"I think you guys with quotes in your signatures should go have an original thought." -- Dan Miller
I'm not a marketing guru, but isn't this the kind of brand association that you don't want?
Exactly how clean will this thing be? Honestly, it sounds completely disgusting. There's a reason they made the keyboard waterproof, and that alone would be a good reason not to use it. I don't think I need to go into any more detail here.
Perhaps a better, cleaner idea would be to have a machine with voice recognition built in and no keyboard. One might have to limit the types of pages someone could view because of the limited environment, but I'd much more readily use that then ever pick up one of those disgusting keyboards.
Microsoft's Active Crapper technology analyzes your leavings, enhancing your web surfing experience.
"People who expelled the Taco Bell 7-layer burrito also recommended the Grizzlebee's Onion Burst"
yeah...gives knew meaning to shitty net connection.
...be known as Loo-nix?
a world in progress...
Behold MIT
Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.
Just think of the possibilities! With a webcam, there could be a direct link to ratemypoo.com.
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I've run out of toilet paper, will you pass me some?
from Cubicle 2
In Soviet Russia, your iLoo craps on YOU.
Backups would be needed in case you accidently 'wipe' your HD.
If the iLoo runs Linux, will it handle a 'core dump'?
Could 'virus detection' be added to the iLoo?
Will the interface feature 'toilet assistants'? "I'm the shit wizard, it looks like you're planning to take a crap today!"
"The Microsoft iLoo - When do you want to go today?"
Thank you, I shall be here all week ;)