Hi Arlough.
It's funny, I was just thinking about the Segway again today, as I noticed a report that the New York State Senate is considering a bill which would permit them on the sidewalks everywhere except NYC (where a lot of us live.) I can't tell if these means they would be prohibited in NYC, or if it just means that the state senate will leave that question up to the city.
Your concern about knees, and aging, are well taken. Especially given the demographic bulge of our population here in the U.S. Note that the Segway is a successor to the most advanced wheel chair in the world.
But I don't think you can say it wasn't overhyped. John Dorr said it was going to be "more important than the internet" although "less important than cold fusion." !!! If that's not overhype I'm not sure what that word might mean.
And I think partly when people say overhyped they mean overpriced. 5K! C'mon. You can see where the negativity comes from. It should definitely fly for that price (another thing people were unrealistically expecting.)
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It's funny, I was just thinking about the Segway again today, as I noticed a report that the New York State Senate is considering a bill which would permit them on the sidewalks everywhere except NYC (where a lot of us live.) I can't tell if these means they would be prohibited in NYC, or if it just means that the state senate will leave that question up to the city.
Your concern about knees, and aging, are well taken. Especially given the demographic bulge of our population here in the U.S. Note that the Segway is a successor to the most advanced wheel chair in the world.
But I don't think you can say it wasn't overhyped. John Dorr said it was going to be "more important than the internet" although "less important than cold fusion." !!! If that's not overhype I'm not sure what that word might mean.
And I think partly when people say overhyped they mean overpriced. 5K! C'mon. You can see where the negativity comes from. It should definitely fly for that price (another thing people were unrealistically expecting.)
- jim 4-24-2003 9:40 pm