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Would You Like Some Fries With That Download?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the happy-meal-tech dept.

vodkamattvt writes The New York Times is reporting that the Walt Disney Company is hoping to replace happy meal toys with portable media players that could hold Disney movies, music, games, or photos. From the article: "The plan could work something like this: A customer enters a restaurant and buys a meal, receiving the portable media player and an electronic code that authorizes a partial download of a movie, video or other media file, which can be downloaded while in the restaurant, according to a United States Patent and Trademark Office application filed by Disney. Then, with each subsequent return, the customer earns more downloadable data, eventually getting an entire movie or game."

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  1. Obese! by holzp · · Score: 5, Funny

    The two causes of extreme obesity, finally togeather at last!

  2. Neat item- ought to be hackable by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And hundreds of geeks start ordering happy meals- not for the meal, but for the WiFi media player, which will soon be hacked to refer to any arbitrary URI, and creative commons content.

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  3. Types of movies by ShaggyB · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mabey they could earn workout videos as downloads. If they have to visit a fast food joint 20 times to get the video, then they could watch their video to lose the calories they just racked up!

  4. I hope the first downloadable move is by chunews · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Supersize me"

  5. How long until by spectrum · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone gets Linux on these things and creates the first McBeowulf?

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  6. Restaurant Ratings by faqmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once you hit 300 kgs you get the entire movie? This could provide a new way to rate restaurants: Frames per calorie.

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  7. Why Blame McDonalds? by LWATCDR · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Little Kids can't drive themselves to McDonald's. The truth is that when I was small child we went to McDonald's maybe once or twice a MONTH. We got Pizza maybe once or twice a month. Parents need to quite blaming McDonald's for their kids eating habits. Cooking at home is the key to better health. It isn't just fast food. If you eat out every night at TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, Olive Garden, Longhorn, or even a good high quality restaurant unless you you have a LOT of self control and order a salad you are going to get fat!
    Restaurants are supposed to be treats. They have become a way of life.

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