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...accounts, Segway's commercial sales are picking up fast. But is this business sustainable? Curtis Carlson, ceo of SRI International, an innovation consultancy and research institute, has his doubts. Segways, he notes, are competing with established products, like electric golf carts, and stealing only a share of their market. Price is a problem, too. "Value is benefits per dollar," says Carlson. "For a lot of the world, a small lightweight bike is a good alternative to a $5,000 Segway...
...rooting for the entrepreneurs. Maybe they will. So I'm not prepared to tell you in 10 years Segways will be the predominant alternative to walking. But if it's too far to walk or you need to go three or four times faster than walking, which is as fast as you can go in a downtown, I can't say it will be a Segway. But one thing I bet you right now, anything you wanna bet, there is no chance that we will still have 10 or 15 years from now the majority of our society, in developed...
...Despite the continuing inquest into Zidane's head butting, the problem with Italy's victory is that decisions worth millions are left to an individual who can't always be right: the referee. The pitch is too big, the action is too fast and the players are too cunning for a single referee to make fair and foolproof judgments. Video refereeing is long overdue. The referee's decision may seem final, but it is fatally flawed. Football is a great sport, but the professional matches are a disappointment, since the best actors and the luckiest thugs win millions while...
...song is over, and Olivia is relieved. After weeks of rehearsal and a big disappointment - she initially wanted to sing "Part of Your World" from the movie The Little Mermaid, but she didn't have a karaoke version and Ms. Bruner's tape of the song was too fast and, well, don't ask - Olivia has finally perfected her performance for the annual after-school talent show, "Frenchtown Idol." And "Awesome God" sounds great...
...friend’s barbeque party, the trip is pregnant with hope that the event, or some incident along the way, will make the trek worth my while and will deliver me from the halcyon days of summer, validating this three-month break from classes that is fast coming to a close.Not that I haven’t had a fantastic summer in Cambridge and The Crimson’s usually-air-conditioned offices. In fact, the bus rides to Beantown have been just as promising as those to the Big Apple. Mine has been a desire to escape...