MSN Portable Potty

[KingCobra]

This really IS NOT a joke. I found this NEWS at:

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-999...ml?tag=fdfeed#

and I thought it was so funny, I'd submit it to the JOKE Section.

Quote:

MSN UK is creating what Microsoft calls the world's first Internet outhouse, or iLoo, complete with flat-screen plasma display, wireless keyboard and broadband access. MSN UK spokesman Matthew Whittingham described the portable toilet as the first "WWW.C," referring to the term W.C., or water closet.

[billybob3]

That's awsome. Now when I am in the Porta Potty I can be entertained at the same time. Gee, I wonder if they will allow internet access...download some movies...jk.

[PIETER]

Gees, are you serious??
LMAO

[Stringent]

I dont believe it ... its got to be an April fool. Allbeit late ...

[KingCobra]

STAR for Flanderz!

I really didn't know the story I posted was not true, but lucky for me I posted it in the JOKE section. It seems it really was false though.

Quote:

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. ®

Coming soon: After long deliberations, a winner has been found in our multimedia competition: we shall announce the results and post the sound of a wooden nose growing in Redmond later today.

Source - http://www.theregister.com/content/28/30685.html

What's really funny is the link I posted above for the first false article:

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-999...ml?tag=fdfeed#

Is still LIVE/Good!

Edit - I now think this is news so I'm moving it to Team News.