well..'Ginger' was the codename of Segway (that standy uppy scooter thing).
Before it was known that it's codename was 'Ginger' it was just known as 'IT' (when all we knew about IT was that it was so revolutionary that it'd force people to redesign cities around it!)
www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23155.html
Oh how we laugh now
(Before it was known that it's codename was 'Ginger' it was just known as 'IT' (when all we knew about IT was that it was so revolutionary that it'd force people to redesign cities around it!)
www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23155.html
Oh how we laugh now
benjymous help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!,
Tue 15 Oct 2002, 18:52,
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For all the logic in the world - that was one hell of a leap from (IT) toginger on your behalf. Or is there more to this?
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?,
Tue 15 Oct 2002, 19:00,
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not reallywe were making jokes about "IT" at work for weeks, so it kind of got engrained in :-\
( benjymous help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!,
Tue 15 Oct 2002, 19:07,
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Although now the thinking is that'IT' or 'ginger' isn't the segway at all.
Dean Kamen said at the time that 'IT' would change the way people designed cities. The Segway certainly wouldn't do that, it was designed to work with a city's geography the way it is at the mo....
The Mystery continues......
Where did I put that bloody link to the patents?
(Dean Kamen said at the time that 'IT' would change the way people designed cities. The Segway certainly wouldn't do that, it was designed to work with a city's geography the way it is at the mo....
The Mystery continues......
Where did I put that bloody link to the patents?
partychancer,
Tue 15 Oct 2002, 19:05,
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