Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and the most feared member of the Silicon Valley Aftershocks Segway polo team, appears on the latest Segway Today Podcast.
Woz is a major advocate of the Segway Personal Transporter, and you’ll hear his thoughts on being a good Segway ambassador, Toyota Prius speeding tickets, waiting in line for an Apple iPhone, and a whole lot more.
More info and link to the podcast here.
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Does he mention whether or not Kathy Griffin is a real redhead?
There’s really nothing here…
Toyota Prius – what a joke.
Wanna know the eco-damage that is going on so Woz can feel good about himself driving a Prius?
1. The nickle for those bad-boy batteries are strip-mined in Canada, (where the strip mining and sulfer polution is taking place).
2. Polution from the refining (smelting) of the nickel in Canada is producing an acid rain situation, and the strip mining is destroying the land. And isn’t this a Kyoto Treaty country?… Nice on “Oh Canada!”
3. The smelted nickel is then shipped across the pond, where it is refined in Wales. Another nice piece of engergy in transportation and refining, causing more polution…
4. The refined material is then shipped to China (more energy and oil consumed) where it is refined and turned into nickel foam – oh all that good oil being burned so cleanly in China, and other enviro-friendly practices going on in China factories to make the “eco-friendly” car complete… A bit more led please!
4. Of course, some of the material is then shipped back to the US or Europe or Japan for final assembly into the Prius or small refinements.
5. Lastly, those batteries only last about 100,000 miles, and then the car needs those batteries to be completely replaced – another $10,000 please… Oh, and what to do with this horrific battery material and how to dispose of it? Another huge energy sucker and polution control mess.
So you go Prius driving naves – keep drinking the liberal coolaid and feeling good about yourself in your Piss-on-us, er, Prius, all while you destroy the planet you pretend to be protecting.
You go Woz!
I’m waiting for Woz to get a speeding ticket on his Segway. He’s a gearhead. He could do it.
jay–
You’re off by about one RCH.
Ricky Bobby – the Prius pisses LESS on the planet than other cars.
Pissing LESS doesn’t mean no piss at all.
Obviously, your car is made from wood from trees that died naturally on your property and therefore wasn’t transported to you using planet destroying methods, right?
Ricky Bobby needs another hobby.
How about… Hmmmm…. Piss up a rope?
Who cares? Woz has no charisma!
Jay according to her numerous interviews on the Howard Stern Show, the answer is yes, Kathy Griffin is definitely a natural redhead.
I agree – Toyota with the Prius pulled off as big a scam as Microsoft did with Windows…
Ridiculous that even Woz falls for it.
He Woz. Enough said.
What we need to know (about Griffin), is: do the curtains match the carpet?
The Prius does indeed do more damage to the environment than a conventional car, due to the battery need (and the damage to the environment in making them – and the amount of energy resources use to make them) and the horrific lifespan of the vehicle 100k, all topped off with no way to recycle the batteries in any sort of environmental manner.
Prius Pisses more.
I am simply saying, go get yourself a 4 banger or V-6 or V-8 and have at it, but don’t fool yourself into thinking that owning a Prius is saving the planet – far from it – you just want to feel good, regardless of the realities.
Now you all know, and are no longer fooled by Tree-Hugger and Toyota marketing goons.
This information comes from:
– The Recorder and London Mail reporter, Martin Delagado, assisted by the University of Central Connecticut’s Chris Demorro.
It wasn’t rocket science to dig this information up, it is just a complete lack of any critical thinking on behalf of sheep-like consumers – you know – the kind that continue to buy Windoze boxes…
I saw the Woz on TV last week and he is looking pretty big.
He needs to get his fat ass off the Segway and out of the Prius and walk or ride a bike a little bit.
Woz, you left Apple many many years ago..
Stop trying to ride the wave of Apple’s recent re-emergence, stop being a media whore and stop trying to be famous like Steve Jobs.
You did something cool in your life in the early eighties, you left it all behind and disappeared quickly with the few bucks you made from it….. We really don’t care anymore.
So stop milking the media and Apple’s success and do something insanely great if you really want to be adored again.
Funny, he gets a Prius to show how green he is then drives it way to fast so it wastes a lot of gas. Hybrids are best going slow in stop and go traffic. They are just as bad or even worse gas pigs at higher speeds (35 mph) and above.
As well, we need to get out of our cars to show some leadership for the rest of the world. In India, a company just announced a $2,500 car. If a large number of people in India start driving these things, we are all screwed.
No one ever thinks of me. 🙁
It’s so lonely here at the truck stop. Won’t you people please buy a diesel and use me instead? They love me on the bus, too. I smell like yummy fast food and I love the earth. I also put fallow farmland to use so the men in black suits don’t have to give farmers green paper to do nothing and watch satellite TV all day. You don’t have to kill any brown people at all for me.
Honest.
Please?
-bd
I wonder if he stuffed himself at the all-you-can-eat buffet at the Red Roof Inn.
“You don’t have to kill any brown people at all for me.”
President Cheney will never go for that.
Hey! There’s no strip mining of Nickel in Canada.
It’s called open pit mining. It’s a very wide, very deep pit that becomes a lake when it is mined out.
Big Al’s right. What’s wrong with pit mining? Lakes are cool. We could always use more of them.
God, can we stop Woz? Seriously, it just is stupid to see him now. I mean, Michael Jackson was cool in the 80s too.
When did it become pick on Prius day?
When did the Daily Mail become a reliable news source?
The Prius is a great car. Will it “save the planet”? No, but to tear it down like it destroys the planet shows what fools some people can be.
The Prius gets 50 mpg on a regular basis, 60 mpg is common, but not reached each tankful. This is an acoomplishment. yes, other car have reached that mileage, but only by being a car few people wanted (low power / very small).
Statements such as: “They are just as bad or even worse gas pigs at higher speeds (35 mph) and above.” really shows just how stupid some people can be. No, the Prius doesn’t become a worse gas hog (then “other vehicles”) above 35 mph. Do some people not think AT ALL? Instead of writing such crap, and proving your ignorance to the world, why not check out the car first? Interstate driving at the speed limit (or even a bit above like most people drive) still gets the 50 mpg.
The higher then average gas mileage is reason enough to own a Prius. Even dumb people should be able to handle the basic math that spending less on fuel is a good thing. Burning less fuel to accomplish the task (moving people from one place to some place else) is also a good thing. Ricky Bobby won’t be able to understand these simple concepts, his too simple of a mind simply can not absorb the concept of economics, and how using less to do a task works to an advantage. Thankfully, there are a lot of people who are smarter (most the population) and will continue to use higher mileage hybrids for the good of all.
Ricky Bobby is useful for pointing out just how ridiculous FUD masters can become in their arguments. Let’s consider one of his points that there are resorces shipped from different locations to build a Prius. Each time he screams that the movement of materials pollutes. Of course he fails to mention that this argument could be used on any item, including his infalatable doll. It makes no difference that a Prius is built from raw materials that move from one area to another, because any other car built will have just as many miles traveled of it’s collected parts. so, his trying to make that points as a major argument against a Prius shows how desperately he grasps at any straw. Mac fans have seen this type of FUD with all of Apple, and the iPhone (as one example). Silly arguments against a product with zero logic attached.
I am not some great Prius defender. If a person wants a vehicle that can actually pay for it’s purchuse price in gas savings alone, consider a Prius. It won’t save the planet, but then the planet really doesn’t need saving, it will however make for less of your money going toward fuel.
I would also invite anyone to go back and read the Prius FUD, and consider if there is any logic in any of the “facts”. (such as there was ZERO nickel mined until the Prius went into production.) No worries, the Prius will continue to sell in good numbers, there are smart people who can see past a “Ricky Booby” rambling rant, and lies on short lived battery, and on, and on. The similarities between Booby’s Prius FUD and the FUD against Apple is enlightening.
Ricky – stay in school, a mind is a awful thing to waste.
I like Ride A Bike’s advice. Ride a bike! It’s fun, it’s free (except for the bike) and it’s the most eco friendly means of transportation other than walking.
Check out the eBike if you need something with a little more umph.
Thank you “world full of eco-morons” for your spirited defense of the Prius. I own one and have averaged 51.3 MPG to date. I get my best mileage at highway speeds, often seeing 55 MPG. The FUD about hybrids is similar to the FUD one hears about pure electric cars (which is what I really want someday).
I bought a Prius not because I’m a Greenie, but because 1) I’m cheap and don’t want to spend a penny more for gas than I have to; 2) I don’t want to give one more penny to the energy conglomerates that have one hand around our throats and the other in our wallets. There isn’t much else I can do but cut back my consumption of their self-enriching black gold.
World full of eco-morons, your position seems snappier!
I used to ride a bike, when I was a kid!
If you want exercise, get a stationary bike, and stay off the streets. It’s too dangerous for everyone.
P.S. Bicycles get terrible mileage, if you consider how much food costs, which you conveniently ignore. I asked one bike rider what kind of mileage he got, and he said “ten miles to the burger.” Do the math. That puts bike riding in gas guzzling territory.
I am also not a Prius defender…
But Ricky Bobby’s “logic” is so flawed it warrants comment:
1) Ricky Bobby complains about the 100k miles life of the batteries (or kms – he switches between posts, and there is a significant difference in those distances – FYI 100,000 miles = 160,934.4 kms!!!). Very few people would drive a car beyond 100k kms or miles before selling the vehicle. This cost could be passed onto the next owner. ALSO the batteries have RECLAIMABLE nickel and lead (YES Ricky Bobby the word is LEAD not LED!). There are ALREADY facilities for extracting these metals from used batteries, and this is likely to increase.
2) There is toxic waste produced producing fossil fuels. Sure there is waste produced for components for the Prius, but there are also waste products produced making “conventional” internal combustion vehicles – the Prius doesn’t eliminate these issues, but it also doesn’t INTRODUCE these problems
3) As noted previously the nickel and lead mining is occuring with or without the Prius. The only thing the Prius production will do is increase prices for these commodities. The Prius and success of it will also lead to investment in ALTERNATIVE battery technologies that DO NOT use these products;
a) Because as the cost is driven up on nickel and lead due to scarcity it becomes economically importamt to find alternatives
b) It is in the interests and philosophy of this market to produce vehicles that are LESS impactful on the environment. Again look at internal combustion vehicles, the cars of TODAY are less damaging to the environment than those of even 5-10 years ago. New technologies may not be PERFECT, but you don’t dismiss them outright as a result! Well you can if you are a nit wit!
my 2 cents
Luke
importamt = important
For the 2008 model year, the EPA has ‘refined’ the way they test for MPG. Every car is taking a hit this year, some more than others. The Prius, under re-evaluation, is now rated to get only something in the neighborhood of 40-45 MPG (I don’t recall the exact number). A non-hybrid Honda Civic achieves mid-thirties.
For the record, I’m in the Honda business, and this information may be considered biased, coming from me, so do the research yourself if you’re interested in the facts.
It’s very simple. Woz likes the Prius for good reasons. They are quiet, FAST, and fun to drive. They are cool. My wife loves them because they are QUIET while driving. That’s enough reason to like a car. Period.
All the greenness is a secondary, a bonus, or not, depending on your view. They are simply cool cars.
People buy the cars they think are cool. People buy Hummers because they think they are cool. It’s not about the batteries.
The Prius is pushing technology forward. That’s probably one strong reason why Woz likes them. And he’s right. They are only one step away from a pure electrical vehicle, plug in at night, drive by day. (In fact, there are conversion kits available for doing exactly that to the Prius, and hope is Toyota will release them like that in future.)
People buy foolish, wasteful, expensive, poor technologically designed vehicles every day. Buying a Prius is not one of them.
DRINK THE KOOLAID! Eco-idiots, I love how you refute RB’s arguements which are referenced with blather from your nether-regions. Yep, I’m convinced. Theres nothing cool about a tiny little box with too little horsepower. Of course in LALA land theres no need for anything but being percieved as “cool”, but other areas actually have a need for “real” vehicles. You know the kind that won’t slide off the road at the first gust of winter wind, the kind that can drive over the snow mounts on unblowed roads. You know up here in the north, no one is ever on the radio begging Prius owners to help out in a state of emergency. Why not stop worshipping at the foot of your ludite religion and do whats right for PEOPLE.
“What we need to know (about Griffin), is: do the curtains match the carpet?”
And what’s with that weird footstool that smells like mildew? And who left those foamy, stained throw pillows all over the place?
Wow, this has to be one of the dumbest threads in a long time, and that’s with no MDN comment.
What’s with all the hating here, people? Someone should point out that the Prius and Kathy Griffin are both pro-Windows. MDN could then chip in with some classic vitriol, and then we would have all bases covered.
I drive a 1973 Chrysler Newport. I floor it everywhere. 8 mpg. Burns oil like you can’t believe. Looks like a freakin KISS concert behind me.
Better gas milage?!?!? I didn’t know about that. I bought the Prius to piss off the Canadians with more acid rain.
” . . . to piss off the Canadians with more acid rain.”
Wouldn’t that be piss on? Just saying.
“Wow, this has to be one of the dumbest threads in a long time . . .”
Pretty dumb but my vote goes to the disability lawsuit thread.
Mostly for the self-absorbed and callous stupidity unrelated to the main topic.
Hey, making fun of crippled people is fun. I enjoy it and that’s all that is important.
Uh, that was a joke. I know, it was in poor taste. So sue me.
@willytheimpeached
Mate – I agree, a Prius is NOT a vehicle for ALL situations.
But for the average city dweller sitting in stop-start traffic that OCASSIONALLY breaks the 30 miles per hour speed barrier, then why not???
I most CERTAINLY do NOT subscribe to the end is nigh global warming rubbish. I am neither a climate change zealot or skeptic – I am a REALIST.
The fact is the climate is changing – it has before and will again – no matter WHAT we do.
And there is good reason to believe that humanity will NOT be wiped out by global climate changes.
HOWEVER – COMMON sense dictates that when you need hundreds of bhp to drag something across snow covered roads – knock yourself out – buy a Hummer, but they SAME comon sense dictates that if you are driving in downtown (pick your city) and stuck in a bumper-to-bumper 3 mile traffic jam most days, then something that requires less fuel, and doesn’t need massive bhp and torque is a SENSIBLE option, esspecially as by doing so you PRESERVE the LIMITED resources of gasoline REQUIRED for those that REALLY need a Hummer to drive across snow covered mountains!
That is what you climate change SKEPTICS don’t get as much as the Climate Change Zealots on the other EXTREME (EXTREMISTS are the enemoy of ANY debate). In your ABSOLUTE REJECTION of the need for vehicles like the PRIUS you are damaging the chances of vehciles like the Hummer and Ford F250 etc surviving, because there IS limited fossil fuels, and the more the inner urban dwelers adopt Prius like vehicles the LONGER people like you that wish to use vehicles that require large amounts of gasoline will be able to use them!
MORONS the lot of you – that is the climate change extremists (Zealots and Skeptics alike!)
Be a Climate Change REALIST – the only truly SUSTAINABLE position™ </pre>
My 2 cents,
Luke
bought a Prius
love it
would buy another
i tell our friends they should too
most people who deride them haven’t ever driven one
bought a Mac
love it
would buy another
i tell our friends they should too
most people who deride them haven’t ever used one
I resent this thread. Buy me. I get 10 mpg. You need me to navigate the terrain of the supermall. I make you look cool. Women will want to give you me’s in the back seat of me.
OOOrah.
MDNMW – makes, as in makes you look well-hung