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Bad precident
I think everyone knew IT was likely to be some kind of Scooter - I was struggling to believe that was all there was to IT after all that hype, but there you go.
Computer companies getting into personal forms of transport have a very bad precident here in the UK, as anyone who remembers the Sinclair C5 will know.
Sinclair was a revolutionary computer company - they were the first to sell an electronic calculator, digital watch and home computer in the UK. They then went on to sell the Sinclair C5 personal vehicle, and the rest is history:
http://www.sinclairc5.co.uk/
Let's hope Apple doesn't take this opportunity to market the latest scate-scooter fad.
I think everyone knew IT was likely to be some kind of Scooter - I was struggling to believe that was all there was to IT after all that hype, but there you go.
Computer companies getting into personal forms of transport have a very bad precident here in the UK, as anyone who remembers the Sinclair C5 will know.
Sinclair was a revolutionary computer company - they were the first to sell an electronic calculator, digital watch and home computer in the UK. They then went on to sell the Sinclair C5 personal vehicle, and the rest is history:
http://www.sinclairc5.co.uk/
Let's hope Apple doesn't take this opportunity to market the latest scate-scooter fad.
i reluctantly agree
::head hung low::
as much as i love the potential of the segway, and really think it has many short term practical applications and long term revolutionary applications, for the life of me i just can imagine people scooting around on these as a form of transportation. not because of anything wrong with the segway (unlike some problems of the C5) but because of peoples reaction to it.
look at this thread so many people are laughing and saying how stupid it is. these people are a reflection of the ignorant close-minded masses.
so far segway is doing smart buisiness. they are targeting certain markets like factories and postal service. this allows them to sell product revice their design and slowly bring their product into the public awareness.
people will see their friendly neighborhood mailman buzzing down the sidewalks, over the bumpy potholed sidewalks and over the cobblestones and get used to them. the company will make smaller, cheaper, more refined models and sell them to the public slowly. also the targeting of the postal service is a great start for another reason. with government involvment in the segway from its infancy the government is more likely to accommodate the segway legally and infastructurally.
all thats side as hard as i try i just cant see people rushing out and buying these even at 1/3 the price. but like i said the company is being smart, the market niche is there, the potential for the future is great... please segway surprise me.
::head hung low::
as much as i love the potential of the segway, and really think it has many short term practical applications and long term revolutionary applications, for the life of me i just can imagine people scooting around on these as a form of transportation. not because of anything wrong with the segway (unlike some problems of the C5) but because of peoples reaction to it.
look at this thread so many people are laughing and saying how stupid it is. these people are a reflection of the ignorant close-minded masses.
so far segway is doing smart buisiness. they are targeting certain markets like factories and postal service. this allows them to sell product revice their design and slowly bring their product into the public awareness.
people will see their friendly neighborhood mailman buzzing down the sidewalks, over the bumpy potholed sidewalks and over the cobblestones and get used to them. the company will make smaller, cheaper, more refined models and sell them to the public slowly. also the targeting of the postal service is a great start for another reason. with government involvment in the segway from its infancy the government is more likely to accommodate the segway legally and infastructurally.
all thats side as hard as i try i just cant see people rushing out and buying these even at 1/3 the price. but like i said the company is being smart, the market niche is there, the potential for the future is great... please segway surprise me.
spikey> agreed, if you had one in britain you would be kicked in or just laughed at.
... but that would just be the British being, erm, British. You also
forgot to mention the possibility of it being stolen, Britain (in spite of
competition from, erm, probably every country in the world) having made
the practice readily identifiable with itself (albeit unintentionally) due
to its unfortunate exportation of convicts in the late 18th century (bad
move).
Not to mention the corporate thieves that Britain has exported (do they
have too many at home?) to various parts of the world, but that's a story
better told by the independent media... probably.
... but that would just be the British being, erm, British. You also
forgot to mention the possibility of it being stolen, Britain (in spite of
competition from, erm, probably every country in the world) having made
the practice readily identifiable with itself (albeit unintentionally) due
to its unfortunate exportation of convicts in the late 18th century (bad
move).
Not to mention the corporate thieves that Britain has exported (do they
have too many at home?) to various parts of the world, but that's a story
better told by the independent media... probably.
Erm...
Joey - you seem to have a very negative attitude about Britain and the British people.
I don't think this is fair, and I really hope you visit us here in Britain sometime and find out how hospitable we can really be.
Also, if we exported all our convicts in the 18th century - surely there wouldn't be any left now
Joey - you seem to have a very negative attitude about Britain and the British people.
I don't think this is fair, and I really hope you visit us here in Britain sometime and find out how hospitable we can really be.
Also, if we exported all our convicts in the 18th century - surely there wouldn't be any left now
Re: Erm...
>Joey - you seem to have a very negative attitude about Britain and the
British people.
I disagree (and who more qualified to speak about my opinion than me?);
spikey was spinning his rant on the angle you note above so I looked like
the bad guy, the same way I was the stereotype-happy right-winger,
remember?
>I don't think this is fair, and I really hope you visit us here in
Britain sometime and find out how hospitable we can really be.
(okay, every country has ****** inhabitants).
>Also, if we exported all our convicts in the 18th century - surely there
wouldn't be any left now [/B]
Hehe, crime is always a big growth industry in every country I know of
>Joey - you seem to have a very negative attitude about Britain and the
British people.
I disagree (and who more qualified to speak about my opinion than me?);
spikey was spinning his rant on the angle you note above so I looked like
the bad guy, the same way I was the stereotype-happy right-winger,
remember?
>I don't think this is fair, and I really hope you visit us here in
Britain sometime and find out how hospitable we can really be.
(okay, every country has ****** inhabitants).
>Also, if we exported all our convicts in the 18th century - surely there
wouldn't be any left now
[/B]Hehe, crime is always a big growth industry in every country I know of