> The Left? What the h*ll is the Left? > the Left is a self loathing, mankind hating, bunch of cry babies, who are always wrong, but never out of stupid ideas...but I digress. (left yourself open there chief...) > Anyway, I live in Southern California and there are TONS > of scooters being used here. From the push kind to the > electric kind to the 2-stroke kind. And people *are* using > them to commute. this is what I thought, --it's a scooter, and if scooters were going to catch on, they would have by now... Somebody likes the idea, but > obviously not you. (I don't like or dislike it, I just don't think it will work, meaning sell, and not sell in a big way, so I think it's stupid) (but I don't blame them for trying) The Segway is tres $$$, but that's the > price for the gyro technology I guess. I saw a Segway on > the street in Santa Monica, but was unable to run the guy > down to chat him up ;). The lines at COMDEX for the Segway > booth were HUGE. Last I heard, bicycles were popular too > (weather permitting). and here is a big problem, the weather, who wants to get their hair blown around, or wet from rain, or sweat in the heat, etc, etc... However, I think the thing might be great for airport terminals, if someone else pays for it, and charges me fifty cents to use it, and that's a big if....but not for the Left (had to tie it in...) > > Regardless of the solution, there is a need for personal > transportation that comes in at less than 2000lbs per > passenger. > > GB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rad0" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:21 AM > Subject: [ot]: The Segway - misses the point?? > > > > Does anyone else think the segway transporter is the stupidest thing > > since the Left, or is it just me? > > > > People don't drive because of the 'distance' > > > > People will drive from one door to another door, in a shopping mall, > > I've seen it and done it. So it isn't because of the distance involved, > or > > how efficiently you can traverse the distance. People are not that lazy, > > something else is going on to make people drive this way and the other > > ways that they do. > > > > I wish the segway people success and good luck, but geeze, louise, I > > think they are off on a tangent here..... > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body