Would you surf the net in a porta-potty?

[Velocd]

<a href="http://msn.com.com/2100-1103_2-999509.html" target="_blank">http://msn.com.com/2100-1103_2-999509.html</a>

Unless I didn't mind typing on a keyboard with p1ss all over it. Unfortunately for Microsoft I do.

Silly Microsoft, what a disgusting proposal to boost MSN visitors. :tired:

[Boofo]

When you get to my age, that is the only place to do it.

[Velocd]

I can see a difference if web-browsing computers were installed in a home bathroom, but this is referring to public restrooms. If it were at a recreational event, people in line would go mad by the waiting.

[Boofo]

Today at 11:34 PM Velocd said this in Post #3
I can see a difference if web-browsing computers were installed in a home bathroom, but this is referring to public restrooms. If it were at a recreational event, people in line would go mad by the waiting.

True. Another one of Microsoft's attempts at being a monopoly. It's never go.

[assassingod]

It's a stupid idea - but I wouldn't mind it Gives me somethnig to do when i'm in there for a long time.

[RDX1]

You barely want to touch thehandle, you really want to touch the keyboard?

[Dean C]

Lol this is stupid

[Lacrosse Boy]

Wouldn't Apple have something to say about this as well? AFter all, It tries to take form Apple's iLife, and I dobt that an iLoo fits into their plan.

[Chris M]

I agree that it is stupid

But like Velo said, at home? Perhaps At least you would know who's germs they are

Satan

[Boofo]

Microsoft's wireless toilet prank
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Posted: 13/05/2003 at 19:47 GMT


Microsoft's has fessed up that its Internet toilet, the iLoo, was a hoax.

The witty prank had news organizations scrambling for reaction:

"This is another demonstration of Microsoft moving into new product areas to expand its revenue base," IDC analyst Roger Kay told CNET on May 2.

You don't say.

"This is not a joke," the Seattle Post Intelligencer's Dan Richman assured us.

Microsoft UK, god bless 'em, dreamt up the ruse as a way of publicizing the MSN UK portal. The iLoo had an authentic press release - therefore it was "genuine" - in which MSN product manager Tracy Blacher described the toilet , dubbed www.c like so: "The MSN iLoo is not a bog standard affair. We are looking at vacuum powered options and the very latest broadband enabled technology to ensure the best loo-surfing experience."

The hoax took in the Wall Street Journal and generated yards of coverage in the tech press simulacrum. So in terms of publicity, it's an idea that landed with a splash.