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Design a pedal toilet where, by default, the toilet seat is
down. When a male intended to use the toilet from a
standing position, they would simply step on a pedal
(much like the ones found on a pedal bin) which would
lift the seat and smoothly return it to the closed
position when the foot was removed.
237ZakMcflimby
22 June 2001
Editor’s note: Develop software that creates unique cartoon monsters
The Internet as a
fantasy parallel
universe? All those
perennially single
men that used to play
Dungeons & Dragons
in the ’80s could have
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from the properties of web pages. Code would be written
to interpret elements of a page’s design; the primary
colours employed, fonts, images and so on, into
physical attributes of a character or monster. Each
monster would not only look different but would also be
imbued with particular strengths or weaknesses. Users
could then have their monsters battle each other
(Amazon monster v. MSN monster). Site owners would
be able to reverse-engineer the code through trial and
error in order to design web pages that generate
powerful monsters.
Chris O’Brien
23 June 2001
