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| | | (URL) Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Erin Windross
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| | | | | Even with its stabilizers, I think this thing will flop. -- Erin (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | (...) But that has nothing to do with how cool it is. I mean, you can just stand there and it moves you around. Groovy. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | | | (...) actually - i think you have to lean in the direction you wish to go. (according to jeanne moos of cnn) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, yeah, but there's handlebars, so you don't have to lean with too much effort. ;^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) It's very Jetson-y. A partial response to the question, "Hey! It's the third millenium! Where are the all the cool gadgets? Where's my flying car?" Or, it just looks geeky. You decide. Steve (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | | (...) what was wrong with walking? or those 4 wheeled rascal things for those who can't? or the mo-ped? or the gas powered scooter? $3000? that buys a lot of lego. OOPS, sorry, supposed to be off topic here. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Good points, all the way around. I could understand a new transportation technology to replace cars, but why replace walking? Steve (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) though, it does go 12MPH... if that's an incentive. flying car, maybe, replacement for walking? i'll just buy a bike. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well in the hay-day of the dot com explosion getting around the office by walking was just not very cool. My bet is that this is much of what had been planned as the "target market". Now that most of those people are on the unemployment line (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —John Grubber
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) And, you have to stand for the trip, unlike sitting in a car or exercising on a bike. And because you have to watch out for other geekscooter riders and pedestrians, its not like you can even daydream like when you walk somewhere. Its pretty (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) Or a really nice bike. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) Which would be easier to lug up stairs. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah, at that price. If they'd said "oh, and it costs $250", then okay, maybe. But no one will pay three grand for one of these things. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) This was all I needed to see: (URL) love, LFB (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) This was all I needed to see: (URL) joy, LFB (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Richard Marchetti
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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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| | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | (...) those who cannot walk on their own could probably not stand on the thing either :( (...) the cnn footage showed it climbing speed bump sized ramps without a hitch, but now i wonder, what's its battery life? (...) indeed. (...) From what I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Steven Lane
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| | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | (...) 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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| | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Nice segue. Dave! (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Um, shouldn't that last rejoinder have been posted in off-topic.tongue-in-cheek rather than off-topic.geek? We now, er, rejoin the thread currently in progress. (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | (...) And Niles Crane is riding one around Frasier's apartment on tonight's episode! I don't believe it, I hardly watch any television and I see one twice in three days! Has it become commonplace or something? BTW I'm impressed by your spelling, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Steven Lane
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for bringing it back to life :) Steve (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | Re: A new way for geeks to move around —Matthew Gerber
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| | | | (...) sorely disappointed in the final product. Cities built around this thing? Cities where? Magical domed cities (so weather isn't a problem), where everything you need is within 5.5 miles of your residence (so you don't run out of juice), and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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