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Microsoft Plans Toilets With Web Access
Is the Apocalypse upon us?Now on the way: "Surfing on the loo" with Internet access at portable toilets. The iLoo being developed by the MSN division of Microsoft Corp. in Britain is a standard portable toilet â a loo to the English â with a wireless keyboard and extending, height-adjustable plasma screen in front of the seat. There would also be a "Hotmail station" with waterproof keyboard and plasma screen on the outside for those waiting in line. Microsoft thinks of everything. MSN officials say they're negotiating for the manufacture of toilet paper imprinted with Web addresses that users may not have tried. That's really sick. "The Internet's so much a part of everyday life now that surfing on the loo was the next natural step," MSN marketing manager Tracy Blacher said. "People used to reach for a book or mag(azine) when they were on the loo, but now they'll be logging on." Hate to be waiting in that line. The device is expected to be in use at festivals this summer in Britain, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Tuesday. There's no word on if, or when, the iLoo will make its way across the pond. How many riots will there be at "festivals" in England this summer because people can't get into the porta potties? Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-07 |
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