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Segways Roll Over Chicago

Posted by michael on from the modern-day-palanquin dept.

lpangelrob2 writes "It looks like someone in Chicago finally found a use for Dean Kamen's Segways. The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that a three hour tour of Chicago's lakefront will be guided by Segways traveling on Chicago's sidewalks at 5mph. The cost of the tour is $65, and an instructional class and helmet is provided -- just in case."

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  1. frost pist.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    urrm.. blue42. Hi Nick.

  2. Brown/AdTI says Linus thief, not top-programmer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get yer hot SCO-warez!

    Brown/AdTI tries to counter-reply criticism from Linus, Tannenbaum and more. It's a train-wreck!

    Teaser:

    AdTI and Tanenbaum do agree on one point: To have accomplished the Linux kernel, from scratch, Torvalds would have had to have been among the top 1-10% of programmers in the world. We collected evidence. Afterwards, we humbly concluded that it was highly doubtful, thus AdTI reported that the origin of the kernel is questionable.

    Get it fast, before it's removed.

    Basically they try to invent the new concept "Hybrid Source" which they mean Linux is. This is all out FUD, this is the FUD gates blown open!

    (I don't care that it's OT, so fire away)

  3. Re:just in case... by kunudo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Georgie, don't waste your time on that, come here instead.

  4. Re:Wow, timely news, dumbasses. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    go away

  5. Re:just in case... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He means "free" as in corporations and government are "free" to screw you over as they wish.

  6. Re:just in case... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Free? That joke is becoming sicker and sicker by the minute. Let's hope he does himself permenant damage the next time around.