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Re: A new way for geeks to move around
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lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Wed, 5 Dec 2001 03:19:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Marchetti writes:

Time has an article at
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,186660-4,00.html that
states: "No matter how inherently safe Segways may be, someone, somewhere is
going to kill himself on one."

That would be Segway Suicide :-)

I now have this image of someone 'Segwaying' down the road with a gun to
their head and then blowing their brains out, before all and sundry and then
crashing to the ground.

In fact if someone saw you on a Segway you'd probably want to blow your
brains out.

Steve



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  Re: A new way for geeks to move around
 
(...) Still, it's nice to see that all those old Sinclair C5 wheels are being put to a new use... Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
  Re: A new way for geeks to move around
 
(...) Andy Rooney allowed himself to be filmed on one for 60 Minutes tonight-- his mode of transportation at some auto show. It was excruciating to watch because it appeared as though he might keel over at any moment and break a hip or something. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)

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(...) (URL) am interested in the future applications of the self-balancing mechanism used by the Segway, but the scooter itself is a product that few will buy. This newfangled scooter is not more important than the internet nor is likely to have (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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