----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:00 PM Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 07:27:55PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: > > > > Who wants to join a pledge to beat the hell out of the first person we see > > riding one of these things down a sidewalk and forcing ordinary > > pedestrians to jump out of the way? > > Nah, but I bet they are easy to "trip" when they are traveling at > a decent clip. If we could invent a sort of cane with a little > protuberance at the right height, and a tire-rubber like foot to set it > and hold it during the operation, I'll bet you could "trip" them up when > they don't practice courteous sharing of the sidewalk. > I would imagine the Segways internal gyroscopic system would make it *hard* to trip. Maybe a microwave burst directed at its electronics? <G> xponent Sabots At The Ready Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
