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.