Get RSS Feeds on Your Toilet Paper 247
0110011001110101 writes "A crazy new product out of Taiwan seems to be aimed at the feed dependent of us out there. The 'rsstroom reader' is a bathroom gadget that prints news feeds onto your T-P - that's right, your TOILET PAPER! The best part is the "biometrics" toilet seat that'll figure out who you are based on your weight and prints the news you want - not your roommates tabloid garbage. Going to the rsstroom will never be boring again! Heres a close-up image of this new gadget."
The Island (Score:2, Insightful)
You would think that with technology this advanced (the Taiwanese one, not McGregor), yet we can't put a feasible breathalyzer in the car and determine if a driver is under the influence or speeding.
And what happens when these toilet paper with Slashdot RSS clogged up the toilet?
Re:The Island (Score:5, Funny)
Well, it means you've just slashdotted your toilet.
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Re:The Island (Score:5, Funny)
I can see it now:
*In a bar, about to leave*
"Hey lady, could I get a quick blow in my car?"
Re:The Island (Score:2, Funny)
Actually I heard these type of devices require you blow in them at intervals not just to start the car.
Re:The Island (Score:2, Funny)
Riiiight....a "friend", nudge-nudge, wink-wink,saynomore-saynomore
Re:The Island (Score:2)
polititians wan't votes and forcing shit like that on everyone would be a good way to lose them and probablly wouldn't bring all that much lobby money in so i very much doubt they would.
Re:The Island (Score:2)
I don't think technology is really the issue there... It's a combination of lack of resources and fear of an indignant public. I wouldn't want to drive a car with a device like that in it (excluding rentals, the protection of which could be a legitimate use of the device).
Re:The Island (Score:2)
As dictated by standard operating procedure as a slashdotter you just blame Microsoft [ericreiche.net]
FAKE! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:FAKE! (Score:2)
how do you print on TP? (Score:2)
Re:how do you print on TP? (Score:2)
Re:FAKE! (Score:4, Interesting)
It's a CONCEPTUAL product (Score:5, Informative)
[note: the rsstroom reader(TM) is a conceptual product by dj spyhunter]
I'm not sure how one would fake a concept.
Re:It's a CONCEPTUAL product (Score:2)
you might wanna take notes from http://atomchip.com/ [atomchip.com] that guy.
i think it goes something like get junk patent, find dumb rich investor looking to get in on the newest technology, show them your junk patent and lots opf silly videos and get cash and then make sure they can't find you when they realize you just wanted the cash for yourself... and don't have a real company...
Re:FAKE! (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot takes one step closer to becoming The Onion...
Re:FAKE! (Score:4, Funny)
Woo-hoo ... oh, you meant that as a bad thing. Sorry.
Re:FAKE! (Score:3, Funny)
The best part is the "biometrics" toilet seat that'll figure out who you are based on your weight and prints
I wonder what prints they're talking about...
Commas (or unintentional lack thereof) are a wonderful thing.
Re:FAKE! (Score:5, Insightful)
As if you couldn't tell already?
Re:FAKE! (Score:2)
So many things unlikely about a printer that prints on soft paper, dries instantly and is safe to wipe on your tender nether regions. What might actually be viable is a text-to-speech unit.
What a shitty idea (Score:5, Funny)
Forget RSS feeds. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Forget RSS feeds. (Score:2)
Re:Forget RSS feeds. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Forget RSS feeds. (Score:2)
Re:Forget RSS feeds. (Score:2)
People won't want this (Score:1, Funny)
Slashdot on the Pot (Score:1)
CICO (Score:5, Funny)
Crap In, Crap Out.
Soko
On your mark... (Score:2)
Que the "Anal fissures due to allergic reactions to ink" lawsuits.
RSS on toilet paper? (Score:5, Funny)
"No shit?"
Re:RSS on toilet paper? (Score:2)
Re:RSS on toilet paper? (Score:2, Funny)
In this case, it would be called potcasting.
Re:RSS on toilet paper? (Score:2)
In this case, it would be called potcasting.
Isn't this just another case of the pot calling the kettle brown?
Re:RSS on toilet paper? (Score:2, Funny)
Afraid of link. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Afraid of link. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Afraid of link. (Score:2)
Looks like a Zebra printer (Score:2)
Also, does this look like just a modified Zebra printer to anyone else?
This is going too far (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is going too far (Score:2)
Guilt. (Score:2, Funny)
conceptual (Score:2)
Re:conceptual (Score:2)
Oh the potential... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh the potential... (Score:2)
I know what you're saying. TP is big "business". Just imagine what it could do for the sexual pharmacology industry.
More potential than potent? Looking for staggering manhood? Wipe no further!
Re:Oh the potential... (Score:2)
At last! The perfect place to forward all of those penis enlargement spams!
GIMP toilet paper (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GIMP toilet paper (Score:2)
Seriously, WTF!?
Re:GIMP toilet paper (Score:2)
Finally a reason to subscribe to.... (Score:5, Funny)
huh? (Score:2)
Serious question (Score:2)
Sounds fishy to me. Its not like we weigh the same every day (some people like myself can fluctuate up or down 5 pounds a day). And of course when you are doing your business, that's going to change your weight too. It seems like this "identification" system would only work well if all the members of the household are of significantly (10lbs
Re:Serious question (Score:5, Funny)
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Meh (Score:2)
what is (Score:4, Funny)
Does it deliver... (Score:2)
Finally... (Score:5, Funny)
Remove dupes by tearing out a square (or more)!
RSS (Score:2, Funny)
I guess... (Score:3, Funny)
I have to chase the article down the toilet with the server, the printer, and the RSS feed!
Yuck!
Any mirrors?
Picture Mirror (Karma Whoring) (Score:2)
Bill O (Score:4, Funny)
It has the bonus effect of being a puff of hot air to dry your bottom.
CrapTop (Score:2)
Of course, if you have seen the Seinfeld episode at the bookstore, you know the dangers of having your CrapTop "tagged" as infected.
New RSS feed needs (Score:2)
I AM CORNHOLIO!! (Score:5, Funny)
For my bunghole.
Re:I AM CORNHOLIO!! (Score:2)
Bringing new meaning to the question... (Score:5, Funny)
Excellent for news of any kind!!! (Score:2)
New acronym? (Score:2)
Rolling On Floor Reading My Toilet Paper.
Hmmmm ..... (Score:4, Funny)
Printing out custom-made TP while I'm in the head seems to be well and firmly entrenched into the "why ever for?" categry for me.
Hmph (Score:2)
Speak for yourself. Some of my shits have been epic.
ob. Simpson Quote (Score:3, Funny)
What's the point? (Score:2, Funny)
Attn: New corperate policy in effect (Score:2)
The per-incident toilet paper allowance is reduced from 9 grids to 6. Due to the reduction, employees are strongly urged to use BOTH sides of the paper for cleaning purpose. In addition, the automatically-timed flushing will be triggered after 15 seconds starting from the time when toilet paper is disbursed. The policy is effective immediately.
Coral Cache (Score:3, Informative)
Picture: http://www.djspyhunter.com.nyud.net:8090/teapot/u
That would be painful! (Score:3, Interesting)
The problem with this being... standard paper and one's backend would not agree with each other greatly. The cheap stuff they buy here at work is bad enough, but I really don't need roaring hemmaroids and an ink-trace of slashdot attached to my heiny.
Inkjet? Laser? (Score:2)
Marketroids (Score:2)
But having it print a personalized feed of interesting stuff at home is really not a bad idea. You can't even say that it's very bad environmentally, any more so than using toilet paper at all is bad. The ink should be biodegradeable of course.
McFly! Read my toilet paper! (Score:3, Funny)
Fired
It's about time! (Score:3, Funny)
Scott McClellan, get ready to kiss this ass!
Re:It's about time! (Score:2)
Haven't we seen this before in Back to the Future? (Score:2)
Biometrics? (Score:2)
I'd have assumed that this was a good application for those rectal scanners I read about in Dr. Fun. I couldn't find a reference--sorry.
Commercial Model Available (Score:2)
Oh wait, my snail mailbox is full of that already (just a little rougher paper, that's all).
Slashdot - "News for Turds, stuff that splatters" (Score:4, Funny)
Where the 'bloid meets the 'roid
My sincere apologies, I cannot help myself.
Oh well (Score:2)
PrintCast (Score:2)
Bathroom reading is a very attention capturing process. I've been thinking (for almosr a decade, back to my news-from-the-BBS days) about what I guess would Be called the PrintCast.
We have blogs. We have udio PodCasts that are downloaded to one's MP3 player automatically. For us text bloggers, I'd love to see software to pull blogs at say 6:30am, format them in a nice newsletter/newspaper f
Excellent! (Score:2)
too bad most people (Score:2)
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