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scottydoesntknow		2012-02-23 01:36:45 PM

Ehhh I'll wait till next year when Apple releases the iPoo'd. They say it can track your movements in real time.

I_Am_Weasel		2012-02-23 02:01:06 PM

scottydoesntknow: Ehhh I'll wait till next year when Apple releases the iPoo'd. They say it can track your movements in real time.

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Gonad the Ballbarian		2012-02-23 02:36:17 PM

Who does number 2 WORK FOR!?

Feepit		2012-02-23 02:39:53 PM

Wow. They did a great job copying and pasting Bill Gates' head onto some dude who was shiatting.

FinFangFark		2012-02-23 02:40:42 PM

it also comes bundled with a copy of IE.

Great...

secularsage		2012-02-23 02:40:52 PM

Likely the laziest photoshopped photo I've seen in awhile.

theorellior		2012-02-23 02:54:59 PM

Actually, this is probably one of the best things you could pour money into, if you're talking about increasing the quality and cleanliness of life for the majority of the people on this planet.

Ahh, who am I kidding, let's look into making some better boner pills.

groppet		2012-02-23 02:56:20 PM

Get back to me when you can poop directly into your gas tank and get 50 MPT (Miles Per Turd)

jakedata		2012-02-23 02:56:42 PM

...it would be like the "iPad of sanitation"

There's an app for that. Anyone up for a game of Angry Turds?

BumpInTheNight		2012-02-23 03:00:31 PM

...and people called me crazy when I installed a toilet at my computer desk in place of a chair!

Jim_Callahan		2012-02-23 03:27:20 PM

The Gates foundation is one of the best charities out there at the moment, they've got incredibly good focus on things that actually have a high impact, especially in per dollar terms. One of the most effective "bringing business smarts to the nonprofit sector" things I'm aware of.

moothemagiccow		2012-02-23 03:30:26 PM

Gates Foundation: 2.6 Billion people don't have access to modern plumbing
Business Insider: LOL terlets

//wtf

Karac		2012-02-23 03:33:03 PM

BumpInTheNight: ...and people called me crazy when I installed a toilet at my computer desk in place of a chair!

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abominare		2012-02-23 03:34:08 PM

I love the goals of the individual researchers. They're developing toilets for countries that can't even afford water plumbing, something that was accomplished thousands of years ago. So naturally, they make them with the capabilities for hydrogen fuels. You know, the country that can't figure out indoor plumbing totally will have a handle of hydrogen fuel production/storage/use.

Poor Gates though, he showed up and was "hi guys, i really need a low cost low tech toilet for developing nations." Engineers "zomgz bill gates! quick impress him with multimillion dollar time travel toilet!"

gsexygreg		2012-02-23 03:37:34 PM

Does a manually composting toilet not already accomplish this?

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Karac		2012-02-23 03:40:24 PM

Jim_Callahan: The Gates foundation is one of the best charities out there at the moment, they've got incredibly good focus on things that actually have a high impact, especially in per dollar terms. One of the most effective "bringing business smarts to the nonprofit sector" things I'm aware of.

Bill, Melinda and Jimmy Carter on on track to turn a parasitical species extinct. Not that many people can brag that they were responsible for the eradication of a disease.

factoryconnection		2012-02-23 03:51:46 PM

theorellior: Actually, this is probably one of the best things you could pour money into, if you're talking about increasing the quality and cleanliness of life for the majority of the people on this planet.

Ahh, who am I kidding, let's look into making some better boner pills.

This is definitely one of those articles that should boldly remind everyone reading it on the internet just how awful life could be but isn't. The target market for these things, and a noble venture they are, are so far down Maslow's hierarchy of needs that there's a freaking cloud layer between us and them.

Hell, I hated it in my last job where we only had porta-johns and a hose connection for washing hands... and those got pumped on demand. Buckets? Holes in the ground? Toilets that flush directly onto railroad tracks from trains?

solokumba		2012-02-23 03:58:47 PM

He's been making shiat for decades so he should know something about.

Happy Hours		2012-02-23 03:59:09 PM

axeeugene		2012-02-23 04:02:37 PM

Gonad the Ballbarian: Who does number 2 WORK FOR!?

You are Number Six.

We want...information.

/I bet The Gates Estate is a lot like The Village.

MrEricSir		2012-02-23 04:17:31 PM

secularsage: Likely the laziest photoshopped photo I've seen in awhile.

The stock photo artist had already photoshoped off the Apple logo from the 17" MacBook Pro, so all they had to do was add the head.

Talk about a shiatty piece of work.

jjwars1		2012-02-23 04:58:33 PM

secularsage: [static6.businessinsider.com image 400x300]

Likely the laziest photoshopped photo I've seen in awhile.

I think is was purposefully done to be funny given the context of the article.

TheSwizz		2012-02-23 05:04:11 PM

How many Courics will that flush?

BigLuca		2012-02-23 06:03:09 PM

Jim_Callahan: The Gates foundation is one of the best charities out there at the moment, they've got incredibly good focus on things that actually have a high impact, especially in per dollar terms. One of the most effective "bringing business smarts to the nonprofit sector" things I'm aware of.

I honestly think that the Gates foundation saves more lives per dollar than any other charity. These aren't causes that I would champion if I was a billionaire, but you have to admire them for sticking to the vision.

abominare		2012-02-23 06:34:26 PM

BigLuca: Jim_Callahan: The Gates foundation is one of the best charities out there at the moment, they've got incredibly good focus on things that actually have a high impact, especially in per dollar terms. One of the most effective "bringing business smarts to the nonprofit sector" things I'm aware of.

I honestly think that the Gates foundation saves more lives per dollar than any other charity. These aren't causes that I would champion if I was a billionaire, but you have to admire them for sticking to the vision.

Its also a great point for whenever some one is trying to bait you into the apple > Microsoft debate. Whenever my token apple fanboy starts of on a tirade about how Jobs was the savior for making Apple surpass MSFT, I simply state Gates moved on to being on the threshold to wiping out (as in complete eradication from the planet earth) a handful of diseases, which makes his Iproduct rants look petty.