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MSN Crafts Web-Enabled Toilet

Sat May 03, 2003 12:35 am

Anybody else see this? It's not April 1st again already is it? I mean, the ILoo ?
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3 ... 130,00.asp
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Sat May 03, 2003 1:20 am

They better have some strong filters on the web acccess. If not, they will have some sanitizing to do after people use the pot. :o
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Tue May 06, 2003 4:26 pm

Erm... yeah... that's really gonna catch on...

"Hun, I'm just gonna go to the loo?"

"What, again?"

"Hey, I've got an important e-mail arriving soon..."

But where would you put the hard drive? Surely not in with the water????

lol an amusing thought, flushing away your new iLoo,
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Wed May 07, 2003 6:42 pm

The story was aired on CNN this morning.
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Wed May 07, 2003 10:30 pm

Thank heavens! No more lugging the laptop in with me!
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Mon May 12, 2003 11:55 pm

It *was* an April fools joke!
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-1001109.html?tag=fd_top

"iLoo makes Microsoft gag

By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
May 12, 2003, 3:55 PM PT

Microsoft claims that the iLoo, an outhouse with a built-in terminal for Web browsing, was an April Fools' Day gag--even though it was announced May 2."
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Wed May 14, 2003 12:33 am

No, it wasn't an April fools joke!
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58836,00.html
"We jumped the gun basically yesterday in confirming that it was a hoax, and in fact it was not," said Lisa Gurry, MSN group product manager...
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Wed May 14, 2003 1:19 am

I can live with only the net for 100 hours. Maybe I might need food, thats if the TR forums aren't active. :lol:
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