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Internet Enabled... Toilet Paper Dispenser

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sun Apr 06, 2003 08:23 AM
from the now-thats-genius dept.

The BBC are reporting that one of the items displayed at this years Ideal Home Show at Earls Court is an internet enabled toilet roll browser. From the article: A unit installed in front of a toilet on the cubicle wall provides up-to-the-minute information on products, stocks and shares and lottery results. People can even print off the information on a standard toilet roll. Go Ahead, make your TCP Dump comments. We'll wait.

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Hmm I gotta go.. (Score:3, Funny)

by mAineAc (580334) <mAineAc_____@hot[ ]l.com ['mai' in gap]> on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:25AM (#5672845)
(http://www.linuxsolutionsplus.com/)

Take a dump and watch the news. Am i the first post?
Excellent (Score:5, Funny)

by Lu Xun (615093) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:27AM (#5672849)

With my stock portfolio, toilet paper is the perfect place to print them out on. At least then they'd be good for something.
- Mine is similiar by Mattygfunk1 (Score:3) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:17AM
- Re:Excellent by packeteer (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @02:11PM
This gives new meaning... by Nate B. (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:28AM
- Re:This gives new meaning... by los furtive (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:21AM
- Re:This gives new meaning... by Galvatron (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:11AM
The perfect way to read /. (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:28AM (#5672851)

Can I get a screen dump of that?
make it a server rather than a browser? (Score:5, Interesting)

by hkon (46756) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:30AM (#5672862)
(http://www.eriksen.priv.no/)

I'd rather have a toilet roll holder that could notify someone when it was (almost) empty. Would be nice for public or semi-public places like schools etc.
- Re:make it a server rather than a browser? by KarMannJRO (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:34AM
- Re:make it a server rather than a browser? by matrix29 (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:01AM
- Re:make it a server rather than a browser? by moonbender (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:37AM
- Re:make it a server rather than a browser? by bluGill (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:55AM
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A real leap forward... (Score:4, Insightful)

by some damn guy (564195) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:31AM (#5672864)

..would be some damn charmin instead of that horrible industrial stuff.
- Re:A real leap forward... by SILIZIUMM (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:26AM
  - Re:A real leap forward... by nurightshu (Score:3) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:06AM
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In related news (Score:4, Interesting)

by Theodore Logan (139352) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:31AM (#5672866)

Researchers have after years of study finally discovered a polynomial time algorithm for using toilet paper [collisiondetection.net], refuting the conjecture set forth by many researchers that this problem was intractable.

The related problem of determining whether the toilet seat should be up or down has, on the other hand, been proven to be NP-complete.
- Re:In related news by Spunk (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:16AM
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Is it really necessary? by j0m0hke (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:32AM
- Re:Is it really necessary? by bobv-pillars-net (Score:3) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:49AM
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- Re:Is it really necessary? by jusdisgi (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @04:55PM
Can it deal with.... (Score:3, Funny)

by inode_buddha (576844) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:35AM (#5672882)
(Last Journal: Thursday October 02 2003, @03:46PM)

Corn v.2
Groan by isorox (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:36AM
Almost perfect... by JanneM (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:36AM
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South Park by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:37AM
Oh no... (Score:3, Funny)

by TopShelf (92521) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:41AM (#5672907)
(http://forechecker.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Friday September 07, @08:16PM)

This could be end of modern civilization as we know it. Combine this with one of those hard hats that hold a couple drinks above your head with tubes running down to your mouth, and you have no need for anything else. I picture this as how the Matrix will eventually be hooked up...
great... by sirius_bbr (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:43AM
Hehe (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:44AM (#5672912)

Go Ahead, make your TCP Dump comments. We'll wait.

Man, that ain't a tarball.

Better flush the dirty buffer.

Dammit, it core dumped.

Lookie, it's korn. Looks just like it did when it began.
- Re:Hehe (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by /vjl/ (40603) <vjl@vjl.org> on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:50AM (#5672934)
  (http://w3log.vjl.org/ | Last Journal: Monday November 04 2002, @03:25AM)
  
  I'd hate to see the size of the logs that this thing produces!
  
  /vjl/
  
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  - Re:Hehe (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by mookie-blaylock (522933) on Sunday April 06 2003, @12:45PM (#5673764)
    
    I was unwisely drinking coffee while reading the comments, knowing I'd see juvenile (yet totally funny) jokes. I was ready for every "dump" joke imaginable.
    
    And then you blindsided me with this genius and made me reach for a screen cleaning wipe (heh, I said wipe) to remove the new anti-glare coating of a cup of folgers from my monitor.
    
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  - Re:Hehe by morcheeba (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:56PM
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- Now that's funny. by El Camino SS (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @01:35PM
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At last a use for spam (Score:5, Funny)

by belroth (103586) on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:44AM (#5672913)

I suspect I would derive a strange sense of satisfaction from printing out some spam and using it in the only fashion in which it is useful. Except for the waste of ink...
There's an old English slang word for printed rubbish 'bumf', short for 'bum fodder' indicating the recipients view of the best use for another memo/circular etc. Mayb it should make a comeback.
- Re:At last a use for spam by Kragg (Score:3) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:49AM
  - Re:At last a use for spam by Doctor Hu (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:25PM
    - Re:At last a use for spam by belroth (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @01:01PM
- Re:At last a use for spam by Guppy06 (Score:3) Sunday April 06 2003, @02:26PM
- Re:At last a use for spam by Xenographic (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @04:25PM
- Actually by lingqi (Score:2) Monday April 07 2003, @07:11AM
- Ink stains? by phorm (Score:2) Monday April 07 2003, @12:23PM
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This is just great... by NetDanzr (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:46AM
- Re:This is just great... by deadsaijinx* (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:34PM
Just a designer's concept by asmithmd1 (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:48AM
Ah, yes... (Score:3, Funny)

by rampant mac (561036) <toast1911@@@mac...com> on Sunday April 06 2003, @08:50AM (#5672935)

"The BBC are reporting that one of the items displayed at this years Ideal Home Show at Earls Court is an internet enabled toilet roll browser."
And for those users new to the internet, the home page defaults to goatse.cx, where beginners learn the first and most important lesson in bathroom etiquette... Proper wiping prevents spreading of the anus to what point one could fit a football inside sideways.
- Re:Ah, yes... by matttastic (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:31AM
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obligatory jokes etc. by Old Wolf (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:50AM
obligatory jokes etc. by Old Wolf (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:52AM
Ok but do I REALLY want to do a.... (Score:3, Funny)

by nlinecomputers (602059) on Sunday April 06 2003, @09:01AM (#5672963)

trace route of THAT?
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More on toilet paper technology by arvindn (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:03AM
- Re:More on toilet paper technology by matrix29 (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:13AM
Cool idea...sort of... (Score:4, Insightful)

by Tyreth (523822) on Sunday April 06 2003, @09:17AM (#5673010)

but is it even hygenic?
- Re:Cool idea...sort of... by anonymous loser (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @07:18PM
TCP Dump? by Spunk (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:20AM
OH.... by webmaker (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:29AM
I wonder.. by xintegerx (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:30AM
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Combining Inventions by AndroidCat (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:33AM
Actually sounds like a kinda interesting idea by Second_Derivative (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:34AM
A5000? by GQuon (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:37AM
Old news by Ececheira (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:38AM
If they're using MySQL as a back end... by GojiraDeMonstah (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:44AM
tcpdump by cperciva (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:48AM
The big question is (Score:3, Funny)

by LM741N (258038) on Sunday April 06 2003, @09:53AM (#5673116)

Does it dispense paper from the top or bottom of the roll. Or is it in a config file ".roll"?
Microsoft Toilet by AndroidCat (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:54AM
i wonder... by siliconwafer (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:06AM
The Onion reported this back in 1999 by CracktownHts (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:12AM
zx printer by Graspee_Leemoor (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:16AM
Health Concerns? by ticklemeozmo (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:17AM
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Yeah, but... by CybSirius (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:18AM
TCP dumps by TummyX (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:21AM
New switch for tcpdump? by DarwinDan (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:27AM
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it doesnt by m1chael (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:30AM
Could cause problems in the office by mikecouk (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:36AM
Internet toilet by mlush (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:39AM
Does this mean... by TWoodham (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:40AM
Cmdr Taco Internet enabled Slashdot shit dispenser by YellowSnow (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:49AM
How about... by moonboy (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:52AM
Schools need these. by secondsun (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @10:53AM
- Re:Schools need these. by JDWTopGuy (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:59AM
Misleading headline by Ctrl-Z (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:14AM
the hard way by whovian (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:33AM
<cfdump> and <cfflush> by use_compress (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:13PM
Fav joke by Tablizer (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:18PM
java.util.zip.OutputStream by gludington (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:22PM
I wonder... by Trolling4Dollars (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:36PM
MIT bathroom server is similar by mike300zx (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @12:45PM
So... by zorander (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @02:02PM
Politicians by Paul Johnson (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @02:40PM
I couldn't help it... by pjt48108 (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @02:47PM
uhhh by pimpinmonk (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @03:15PM
Obligatory Related Story by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @04:06PM
No, this is actually useful by Pettifogger (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @04:17PM
I invented it. by Alien Being (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @04:30PM
My brother and I thought of this idea 4 yrs ago. by Quarters (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @05:02PM
Great idea! (Score:3, Funny)

by Espressoman (8032) on Sunday April 06 2003, @05:33PM (#5675139)

I wonder if they are going to come up with some kind of streaming or p2p solution...

And, can you get a version that prints on the paper before you use it? Something good to do with all the embedded "news" stories!
SQL Example by Anonymous Coward (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @06:25PM
Lamers by pcjunky (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:32PM
News and Advertising? by Tokerat (Score:2) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:12PM
internet cutting board by will_die (Score:2) Monday April 07 2003, @06:44AM
Novelty Toilet Paper by bjb (Score:1) Monday April 07 2003, @08:08AM
Gross... by nfsilkey (Score:1) Monday April 07 2003, @11:42AM
Alternate comment to dumps by joskay (Score:1) Monday April 07 2003, @09:52PM
Re:DDoS Attack from Rolls! by KingRamsis (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @08:56AM
Before I take a TCP dump... (Score:5, Funny)

by Morky (577776) on Sunday April 06 2003, @09:05AM (#5672975)

IP.

[ Parent ]
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Re:Says something about my town by AndroidCat (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:39AM
Re:DDoS Attack from Rolls! by AndroidCat (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @09:42AM
Re:Ah nuts... by (54)T-Dub (Score:1) Sunday April 06 2003, @11:29AM
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The perfect way to read /. (Score:4, Funny)

make it a server rather than a browser? (Score:5, Interesting)

A real leap forward... (Score:4, Insightful)

In related news (Score:4, Interesting)

Can it deal with.... (Score:3, Funny)

Oh no... (Score:3, Funny)

Hehe (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hehe (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hehe (Score:5, Funny)

At last a use for spam (Score:5, Funny)

Ah, yes... (Score:3, Funny)

Ok but do I REALLY want to do a.... (Score:3, Funny)

Cool idea...sort of... (Score:4, Insightful)

The big question is (Score:3, Funny)

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