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September 15, 2006
Software: friend to democracy
This is, ostensibly, a story about a glitch in the Segway scooter's software which can unexpectedly put the thing into reverse, with dramatic results. It's not a funny story, because it's resulted in the recall of all 23,500 Segways. But the news of these backward-leaning devices is accompanied by a picture of George W. Bush falling off one of the things. Which raises the thought, in our admittedly perverse mind, that maybe the digital world is expressing its voting preferences by rejecting right-wing politicians.
Wishful thinking, of course. Otherwise Andrew Bolt's word processor would have locked him out, years ago. But just in case. Let's start a collection. And send John Howard a Segway.
Posted by cw at September 15, 2006 05:18 PM
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Lazy sod, serves him right. Imagine paying $5000 for a machine just to save you having to use your legs.
Posted by: blackwatch at September 15, 2006 06:48 PM