The CA legislature has limited the Segways speed to 8 MPH on the sidewalks. We rent them at 6mph.
Those who own one and wish to ride them at the faster speeds can ride them in the bike lanes.
And for cites with dedicated bike lanes, that's fine. However, the unit's riders are legally considered a pedestrian. This is because the Segway is MUCH more controllable than a bike, or skateboard.
At 12MPH I can stop within a foot. Which I cant do on a bike. I can also stand still and pivot in place, allowing me to get in and out of tight places.
Its a new machine, with new technology, that's like nothing else on the market.
Trying to sell you on the concept of the Segway is akin to trying to replace a farmer's horse with a car in the 1900's.
but in all honesty, the segway isnt for you. Your happy on a bike, and thats ok. Just realise that it is picking up steam and sales and you might just have to share the sidewalks in the future.
Yes, it is an insurance liability to allow someone to ride the unit, rented from us, without a helmet. However, what they do with the helmet after they leave is outside of my control.
Insurance wise, we must do everything in our power to keep the rider safe. That includes training, and a helmet. But you are required to wear a helmet when you rent a bike as well.
We rent the Segway in La Jolla CA. Everyone who has tried the units has come back very excited about them.
Most tell us that the trick is to relax and let the unit do the work for you. They also tell us that it is so responsive that it almost obeys your thoughts rather than your actions.
The segway is not meant to replace WALKING! It is meant to replace DRIVING...
I assume you own a car? Do you walk to the grocery store? How about to the movie theater?
When was the last time you walked between 5-15 miles to get to a destination. Now, when was the last time you DROVE there?
The Segway is meant to replace driving in short trips to and from locations between 10 and 15 miles from your departure point. It uses no gas, and cost $0.10 a day to charge.
Finally, I can promote my business and not be off topic...
We have been renting the Segway HT for 6 months now in the La Jolla / San Diego area... We also provide training and a helmet to all riders and to date have not had a single incident.
It is interesting though the reaction we get from the disabled community. While the majority of people who encounter the units see them as a marvel, the Disabled community is split in their view of the units.
Those with minor to severe mobility issues LOVE the units. They see them as a viable alternative to a wheelchair and a way to increase their mobility.
However, those who are confined to a chair, and those who are blind and deaf are strongly opposed to the units being on the sidewalks.
They are afraid that they will be hit by the units and see them as a danger, even though NOONE, in this area at least, has been hit by the units.
To further increase their safety, we also limit the units to 6 miles per hour.
It will show her instant results without having to understand the complexities of programming... It will give her something to try without taking alot of time... and it will allow her to see if this is something she wants to get deeper into.
When she is ready to get deeper into it, show her PHP and she can get all the control structures she wants... and build on what she knows...
If you start her out in an application language, then it would take years for her to get to the point where she could actually write a functional application...
But if you start her out in HTML then in just a few days she can have her own web page... That alone will give her a since of accomplishment. Even if it does in up on www.webpagesthatsuck.com:)
Im a black belt in Tukong Musel TyKuanDo, and Fifth Do in Akido... I know 3 weapons very well, knife and club defense, and carry a 5.5 ft chain with an 3 oz steal ball at the end... when used right it forms a forcefield of spinning death arround me.
Of course, if this is too much movement for you, you can always download Kung Fu into your brain:)
so I guess its not really a 100 yard football field then... because of the "Endzone Overhead" its really an 83.526 yard field... they just put those markers there to make things less complicated::)
I once had to walk a recovering alcoholic / schizophrenic with multiple personalities (who was off her meds apparently) through using keyboard shortcuts to reinstall her mouse drivers... it was the hardest call of my life!
ME: ok, hit the windows key. Her: where's that? ME: the windows key is on the bottom lef... Her: *screaming in my earpiece* You stupid fucking bitch... you know you cant do this! ME:... Her: Um, sorry... that was Cindy, she has some issues. ME: um, ok, so the key is on the bottom left. Her: ok... ME: now hit the up arrow until you come to... Her: *child's voice* daddy touched me and made me feel dirty. ME: !!!... Her: Um, ya, sorry about that, I haven't heard from Sam in a while. Her: *child* I've been in the closet. Her: *screaming* That's where you belong you worthless little whore! Her:... Me:... Her: Ok, so now that the start menu is open... now what do I do? Me: *CLICK!*
From what I hear, later in the day she called back and complained that I hung up on her... thank god for conversations recorded for quality assurance purposes.
I would like to point out to you that many successful companies have remained in control over their OWN corporate souls. Take Compuserve for example... even though they were beaten by AOL, they remained a private company for then entireity of their life.
I trust google to not read my email... and I really don't have a problems with ads being displayed to me...
Look at Hotmail... in hotmail, If your mother or your wife is using hotmail, despite the content of the email, or her profile, she is bombarded with ads for singles sites, personals sites, and the occasional porn site... and that's being shown to your 16 year old kid too.
These ads are made to look like polls and chat boxes or survey forms to specifically increase click through....
but google, though it may parse your email, will display a relevant ad based upon the content of the email. This means your mother will be shown recipe sites... your daughter will be pointed to the Gap, and when you wife mentions Valentines or Mothers day to you, you will be able to instantly click through to redenvelope.com...
Possibly, it could be a life saver.
and honestly, if I never had to sort or search for an email again, Id be happy.
You could buy your car only from an authorized dealer, and only online... but it would be delivered to you in 23 seconds and placed in your garage.
You could drive your car anywhere you wanted, so long as you only park it in authorized spaces. Those who do not park in an authorized space will be immediately crushed and sold for scrap during your incarceration.
You may drive your car anytime you want, so long as you gain permission from an authorized Apple Car Dealer first. Once permission has been granted, your car will be unlocked and started for you. Any attempt to unlock or start your car without prior authorization will result in your car exploding.
You are the only authorized driver of the car. Any attempt to "share" the car with another passenger or driver will result in your immediate incarceration.
While wardriving one day I happened to stumble onto an open wireless network for a lawyer, a doctor, and a securities trading firm in the same parking lot. All networks were open and C drives for many computers were shared. I connected to the networks for the doctor and checked my email. I connected to the lawyer's office and plundered around in their shared drives and copied a folder called Client Files onto my computer. And I connected to the securities firm and started up a packet monitor for an hour to capture and analyze their network traffic. This information reveled several bank account numbers, email usernames and passwords, and sensitive customer information.
All 3 networks had no encryption in place and no passwords were cracked to access any of the data.
The problem is that people often don't look at your credentials, instead they make a preconceived judgment on your abilities based on your past successes and failures in your previous company.
I worked for a large software manufacture for 3 years, I am a fully qualified c++ developer and software planner. But the company I worked for has serious managerial problems, and their products were crap.
The fact that I didn't even work on their products, (I worked on their intranet), was not enough to get me past several interviews.
One manager actually told me that they were looking for someone who could turn out a *Quality* product, and the because the company I worked for didn't produce quality, I wouldn't get the job...
He didn't care that I didn't work on their products, my association to that company was enough to doom me.
Fortunately, I did find a company who was willing to overlook this seemingly irrelevant problem. So I guess their is hope.
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Actualy, yes. It does. If a rider is injured and was not PROVIDED and instructed to wear a helmet, our insurance would not cover us.
Every rider signs a waiver stating that they agree to wear the helmet while riding the units.
http://www.segway.com/images/shop/lower_cargo_lg.j pg
Use these... you can fit a surprising amount of stuff in them.
I wouldnt use the Segway for large shopping trips... but I ride it 2 miles to work every day.
The CA legislature has limited the Segways speed to 8 MPH on the sidewalks. We rent them at 6mph.
Those who own one and wish to ride them at the faster speeds can ride them in the bike lanes.
And for cites with dedicated bike lanes, that's fine. However, the unit's riders are legally considered a pedestrian. This is because the Segway is MUCH more controllable than a bike, or skateboard.
At 12MPH I can stop within a foot. Which I cant do on a bike. I can also stand still and pivot in place, allowing me to get in and out of tight places.
Its a new machine, with new technology, that's like nothing else on the market.
Trying to sell you on the concept of the Segway is akin to trying to replace a farmer's horse with a car in the 1900's.
but in all honesty, the segway isnt for you. Your happy on a bike, and thats ok. Just realise that it is picking up steam and sales and you might just have to share the sidewalks in the future.
Your forgetting the part that the Segway uses no gas... with gas prices today your van is quickly going to surpas the Segway in Cost per Mile.
Yes, it is an insurance liability to allow someone to ride the unit, rented from us, without a helmet. However, what they do with the helmet after they leave is outside of my control.
Insurance wise, we must do everything in our power to keep the rider safe. That includes training, and a helmet. But you are required to wear a helmet when you rent a bike as well.
We rent the Segway in La Jolla CA. Everyone who has tried the units has come back very excited about them.
Most tell us that the trick is to relax and let the unit do the work for you. They also tell us that it is so responsive that it almost obeys your thoughts rather than your actions.
The segway is not meant to replace WALKING! It is meant to replace DRIVING...
I assume you own a car? Do you walk to the grocery store? How about to the movie theater?
When was the last time you walked between 5-15 miles to get to a destination. Now, when was the last time you DROVE there?
The Segway is meant to replace driving in short trips to and from locations between 10 and 15 miles from your departure point. It uses no gas, and cost $0.10 a day to charge.
Its transportation, not exercise.
He didnt turn it on first.
Finally, I can promote my business and not be off topic...
We have been renting the Segway HT for 6 months now in the La Jolla / San Diego area... We also provide training and a helmet to all riders and to date have not had a single incident.
It is interesting though the reaction we get from the disabled community. While the majority of people who encounter the units see them as a marvel, the Disabled community is split in their view of the units.
Those with minor to severe mobility issues LOVE the units. They see them as a viable alternative to a wheelchair and a way to increase their mobility.
However, those who are confined to a chair, and those who are blind and deaf are strongly opposed to the units being on the sidewalks.
They are afraid that they will be hit by the units and see them as a danger, even though NOONE, in this area at least, has been hit by the units.
To further increase their safety, we also limit the units to 6 miles per hour.
It will show her instant results without having to understand the complexities of programming... It will give her something to try without taking alot of time... and it will allow her to see if this is something she wants to get deeper into.
:)
When she is ready to get deeper into it, show her PHP and she can get all the control structures she wants... and build on what she knows...
If you start her out in an application language, then it would take years for her to get to the point where she could actually write a functional application...
But if you start her out in HTML then in just a few days she can have her own web page... That alone will give her a since of accomplishment. Even if it does in up on www.webpagesthatsuck.com
Im a black belt in Tukong Musel TyKuanDo, and Fifth Do in Akido... I know 3 weapons very well, knife and club defense, and carry a 5.5 ft chain with an 3 oz steal ball at the end... when used right it forms a forcefield of spinning death arround me.
:)
Of course, if this is too much movement for you, you can always download Kung Fu into your brain
maybe they can rename it "Blow" :)
so I guess its not really a 100 yard football field then... because of the "Endzone Overhead" its really an 83.526 yard field... they just put those markers there to make things less complicated ::)
I once had to walk a recovering alcoholic / schizophrenic with multiple personalities (who was off her meds apparently) through using keyboard shortcuts to reinstall her mouse drivers... it was the hardest call of my life!
... ... ... ...
ME: ok, hit the windows key.
Her: where's that?
ME: the windows key is on the bottom lef...
Her: *screaming in my earpiece* You stupid fucking bitch... you know you cant do this!
ME:
Her: Um, sorry... that was Cindy, she has some issues.
ME: um, ok, so the key is on the bottom left.
Her: ok...
ME: now hit the up arrow until you come to
Her: *child's voice* daddy touched me and made me feel dirty.
ME: !!!...
Her: Um, ya, sorry about that, I haven't heard from Sam in a while.
Her: *child* I've been in the closet.
Her: *screaming* That's where you belong you worthless little whore!
Her:
Me:
Her: Ok, so now that the start menu is open... now what do I do?
Me: *CLICK!*
From what I hear, later in the day she called back and complained that I hung up on her... thank god for conversations recorded for quality assurance purposes.
LED Glow wire = -2 FPS
Red lights = + 5 FPS
Blue Lights = + 7 FPS
LED Fans = +12 FPS
Case Window = +6 FPS
Window Etching = +2 FPS
Anti RIAA sticker = +27 FPS
Anti MPAA sticker = +14 FPS
Wife / girlfriend / parental oversight on your mod spending habits = -2200 FPS
I would like to point out to you that many successful companies have remained in control over their OWN corporate souls. Take Compuserve for example... even though they were beaten by AOL, they remained a private company for then entireity of their life.
You really think their just going to GIVE you 1gig of space... that your not using?
I bet they dynamicly alocate space to you as you use it up to your one gig...
You might waste a meg, but never a gig without filling it.
I trust google to not read my email... and I really don't have a problems with ads being displayed to me...
Look at Hotmail... in hotmail, If your mother or your wife is using hotmail, despite the content of the email, or her profile, she is bombarded with ads for singles sites, personals sites, and the occasional porn site... and that's being shown to your 16 year old kid too.
These ads are made to look like polls and chat boxes or survey forms to specifically increase click through....
but google, though it may parse your email, will display a relevant ad based upon the content of the email. This means your mother will be shown recipe sites... your daughter will be pointed to the Gap, and when you wife mentions Valentines or Mothers day to you, you will be able to instantly click through to redenvelope.com...
Possibly, it could be a life saver.
and honestly, if I never had to sort or search for an email again, Id be happy.
You could buy your car only from an authorized dealer, and only online... but it would be delivered to you in 23 seconds and placed in your garage.
You could drive your car anywhere you wanted, so long as you only park it in authorized spaces. Those who do not park in an authorized space will be immediately crushed and sold for scrap during your incarceration.
You may drive your car anytime you want, so long as you gain permission from an authorized Apple Car Dealer first. Once permission has been granted, your car will be unlocked and started for you. Any attempt to unlock or start your car without prior authorization will result in your car exploding.
You are the only authorized driver of the car. Any attempt to "share" the car with another passenger or driver will result in your immediate incarceration.
All cars would only have 3 seats.
Thats because they are either waiting on a part, or waiting to ship from the laptop plant to the central shipping plant.
it took a week and a half for my 8600 to ship to the shipping plant.
If MS aquired AOL, that would give MS a bigger monopoly than it already has in the ISP and instant messenger markets.
Not to mention that AOL owns Netscape, which is the only REAL (dont flame me) competitor to explorer.
While wardriving one day I happened to stumble onto an open wireless network for a lawyer, a doctor, and a securities trading firm in the same parking lot. All networks were open and C drives for many computers were shared. I connected to the networks for the doctor and checked my email. I connected to the lawyer's office and plundered around in their shared drives and copied a folder called Client Files onto my computer. And I connected to the securities firm and started up a packet monitor for an hour to capture and analyze their network traffic. This information reveled several bank account numbers, email usernames and passwords, and sensitive customer information.
All 3 networks had no encryption in place and no passwords were cracked to access any of the data.
How many, and which laws, have I broken?
You cant buy a house with 7 grand but it will make a hell of a good start on a down payment...
Plus, Their are alot of first time home buyers programs that will offer a low intrist $0.00 down payment loan for your first house.
In that case your $7000 will go far into buying startup appliances and stuff.
The problem is that people often don't look at your credentials, instead they make a preconceived judgment on your abilities based on your past successes and failures in your previous company.
I worked for a large software manufacture for 3 years, I am a fully qualified c++ developer and software planner. But the company I worked for has serious managerial problems, and their products were crap.
The fact that I didn't even work on their products, (I worked on their intranet), was not enough to get me past several interviews.
One manager actually told me that they were looking for someone who could turn out a *Quality* product, and the because the company I worked for didn't produce quality, I wouldn't get the job...
He didn't care that I didn't work on their products, my association to that company was enough to doom me.
Fortunately, I did find a company who was willing to overlook this seemingly irrelevant problem. So I guess their is hope.