maybe it's me, but i don't get it

what does that video have to do with the web? with words? with web words?

Posted by: rudy on February 16, 2003 04:36 PM

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segway does not make you fat, and not FLAT. that's it.

Posted by: on February 16, 2003 07:51 PM

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Rudy, yep, you don't get it.

1. The guy in the video is a web designer.
   
2. Web designers are techies.
   
3. Techies love the Segway.
   
4. Lots of techies live in San Francisco.
   
5. San Francisco hates and has banned the Segway.
   
6. San Franciscans chase Segway users with torches and wooden planks that have a single nail protruding from the edge.
   
7. Segway users ride at full speed all the time to avoid capture.
   
8. Techies are fat and slow because of their sedentary lifestyle.
   
9. Segway users are bitter at being branded outlaws and so they run over people every chance they get.
   
10. Obese techies are dangerous to run over, and so hands and feet are the most frequent targets.
    
11. The video John linked to was simply a survival guide for out-of-work techies who live on the streets of San Francisco.
    

Posted by: 2 + 2 = 5 on February 17, 2003 05:58 PM

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hiya,

i'm pt, the fellow who belongs to the hand in the video (and owns a segway ht). the video was created bt request, i was asked "what would happen if it can over a foot". since some folks would assume steel toed shoes or whatever, i placed my hand under the ht, it's physics, nothing interesting, with low psi tires (12 psi) my hand was not harmed in any way.

here's my segway ht experience so far: i use a segway human transporter (ht) to go over 7+ miles per day, i have given up a car, we're saving over $600 per month (payment, insurance, gas, parking) and i've even lost 10lbs with my extra time that i have each day to do more things like (exercise) as opposed to sitting in traffic.

you can read about it here on my personal journal of owning a segway ht:
http://www.bookofseg.com

recently, i hit 100 miles logged on my gps unit, it took about 14 days of commuting to hit that, i didn't count other trips or previous commute trips so i could keep careful logs.

more info can be found here:
http://www.bookofseg.com/100miles/

the cargo i carry:
http://www.bookofseg.com/weight/

the ht saves me time, i choose what i want to do with that time, like exercise:
http://www.bookofseg.com/fat/

with the first month's saving from using the segway ht we gave it to charity, local groups. feel free to email me if ya'll have any questions.

cheers,
pt

Posted by: pt on February 17, 2003 07:14 PM

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