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samedi 3 mai 2003
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"Festivalgoers in Britain this summer will be able to try out Microsoft's Internet-enabled portable toilet," is what the small print at the bottom says.
One of the crueller comments at Slashdot (thanks) reads "God knows most MS products aren't fit for anything other than wiping..." (from Goldberg's Pants).
As for the CNet story Slashdot refers to warns us:
"Because of the expensive hardware inside, Microsoft plans to post a guard to protect the iLoo."
Anybody looking for a summer job?
"Life does not imitate the Onion. No sir,"
reckons Slashdot.
But then what did inspire Brunel University graduate Andrew Cubitt to start sending the web down the toilet, which Mike Little at Journalized ("blogrolled" today) also caught at the time?
Should bloggers want something else to ponder while doing a Rodin on the stool, Bill Thompson at Beeb Tech this week watches the governments watching some of us...
"When we campaign for net freedom we should not forget that the freedom to speak one's own truth is just as important as the freedom to read what we in the West have to say. Being able to publish a weblog may in fact be more important than being able to read BBC News Online, although our arrogance may sometimes prevent us from seeing this."
4:25:44 PM link
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