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Microsoft's iLoo Project A Hoax

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taken-in dept.

minesweeper writes "It appears that the 'iLoo,' a portable toilet with Internet access designed by Microsoft, was actually just a hoax issued by its MSN division in the United Kingdom. In addition to receiving press here on Slashdot, the fake release was also covered by The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, and Reuters. See a diagram of the iLoo here."

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  1. a hoax by greenalbatros · · Score: 5, Funny

    and if you were unfortunate enough to have fallen for it, your picture and whatever it was you did in there will soon be posted on the internet for the world to see. Trusted computing my arse

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    1. Re:a hoax by Fesh · · Score: 4, Funny

      I put some thought into it... I'd have called up goatse.cx as the last thing before exiting. Talk about leaving an unwelcome surprise in the toilet...

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      --Fesh
      Kill -9 'em all, let root@localhost sort 'em out.
  2. Yeah, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    unfortunately.. it turns out Longhorn wasn't a hoax. :(

    1. Re:Yeah, but by Surak · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hmph. With no iLoo, where will users put there er, 'Longhorns'?

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      My journal has hot /. gossip.
  3. dont read if you offend easily by daveatwork · · Score: 5, Funny

    sooo, not only do microsoft talk shit, they talk shit about making things that deal with shit, which end up being as useful as shit, because, in the end, its all shit... :-)

  4. Does that mean ... by dereklam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean the iLoo has gone down the toilet?

    1. Re:Does that mean ... by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny
      No, just that the current marketing plans have been flushed.

      It will be all over the papers afterward.

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      "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
      --Dr.W.Edwards Deming
  5. So How Does This Affect by The+Dobber · · Score: 4, Funny


    The Open Source communities efforts to build a better shitter?

    1. Re:So How Does This Affect by aug24 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The OpenLoo project's stalled...

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      You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me.
  6. Re:Typical Microsoft by banzai51 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come on, when has MS ever hit a release date?

  7. Shit by A+Proud+American · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess this means I should cancel my GNUPoo project over at SourceForge.

  8. Yes of course, they had to retract... by joto · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, iLoo was already trademarked by Apple, the new toilet from Microsoft will be called Microsoft Shit 1.0.

  9. Not in my lifetime... by pongo000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would I have ever thought I would see /. ranked right up there with the big boys:

    In addition to receiving press here on Slashdot, the fake release was also covered by The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, and Reuters.

    What prestige! I bet my boss wouldn't even notice if I swapped out his beloved Journal with a copy of today's /. headlines. Hell, he might even stop bitching at me about wasting time reading all that geek drivel, now that he realizes he's been in good company all along.