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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on September 27, 2010, 09:44:35 AM

Title: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: Admin on September 27, 2010, 09:44:35 AM
No, not Dead Kamen.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/149212/Segway-UK-Boss-Dies-After-Driving-Off-Cliff (http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/149212/Segway-UK-Boss-Dies-After-Driving-Off-Cliff)
Title: Re: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: madsci1016 on September 27, 2010, 10:02:36 AM
Lol, didn't think this was SoR worthy.

Should have taken a page from Irobot and added 'cliff sensors (http://www.google.com/search?q=roomba+cliff+sensors&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)'.

Too soon?
Title: Re: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: Razor Concepts on September 27, 2010, 10:18:41 AM
Better be careful around your ERP....
Title: Re: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: Admin on September 27, 2010, 10:24:59 AM
Better be careful around your ERP....
nah, only the person who buys it from me ;)

oh wait I didn't say that . . .
Title: Re: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: blackbeard on September 28, 2010, 06:44:11 AM
WHY SEGWAY :'(

WHY oh WHY didn't you add that third wheel... well at least admin might the the hint and start adding "no throwing master off a cliff" subroutines to all his robots.
Title: Re: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: Soeren on September 28, 2010, 10:17:44 PM
Oh well, wasn't he over the hill anyway?  ;)
Title: Re: owner of Segway drives off cliff with segway, dies
Post by: Xyver on October 03, 2010, 02:23:32 AM
It is definitely too soon to laugh at the death of someone....


(But why do all the jokes make me crack up?)