Kamen: Napolean Complex or Salesmanship
 

Alright I post this in the rumor mill because it seems the type of place that isnt instantly offended.

This is purely meant as a fun conversation I hope no one takes it too seriously.

During the ceremonies at the Einstein field you cant help but notice that Dean spent almost all the time on his Segway

When he didnt it as very easy to see how short he is.

So ive got it narrowed down to 2 things

Napolean Complex: he's bitter about his shortness and hides it by ridding his "horse" constantly

or

Salesmanship: he wants to sell them so he rides it all the time for publicity.

What do you think?

When I rode it, I was happy I was tall. I am only 5'4 so I liked being 6ft. It was nice....
:)

I thought Dean had forgotten how to walk, but he prooved me wrong when I saw him hand the Segway off to Jeff Bezios...

i think he is addicted to it (like it was a drug or something) and he is having trouble letting it go.:cool:

I'm 6'5'', and it's interesting to see my picture with him in 2000 and then the one in 2001. I voted on the first option. ;) But I think that if I had a segway I would ride it all the time too.

You can see the wheerchair that Kamen designed (called the IBOT) in Innovations at Epcot. Its a part of the future house that they have (I can't remember the exact name, but that should be enough for ya if you go back to Disney anytime soon).

~Tom Fairchild~

I think that the Segway just makes it so easy to get around that it makes his life easier. He's generally mobbed where ever he goes and the Segway gives him some distance and people let him move around more easily.
There may be some marketing involved as well. But it only works as marketing because it makes it so easy for him to get around.

Re: Kamen: Napolean Complex or Salesmanship
 

i think that he want´s to have some fun, because riding a segway should be fun.. and helps to walk around.. if someday i have a lot of money, i´d love to have a segway!!!:p


stefi
:)

the segways catch phrase should be....."making america fatter, one inovation at a time" ......were getting so lazy, we need a machine to walk for us...

absolutely! this is a good catch phrase!! :P


stefi

Just because you give kids calculators, it dosn't make them stupider. This wasn't ment to be used from your house to your mailbox, but long distance, 5+ miles a day walking.

You do have a point with the 5 mile walking thing, but society gets stupider and stupider as technology increases...

For Example, back in the 1960's and 1970's When Microsoft wasn't off trying to conquer the world, people had to write Research papers by hand, or on the Typewritter...yes the typewritter (ask your parents). Now that we have spell check, and computers to aid drafting, it makes the human have to do less work to accomplish more in less time. Therefore, less effort. Also Texas Instruments is making the earth stupider. Now with the Ti-83+ up to the Ti-whatever, math has become really easy, plot points in the calculator, and bam you have a circle drawn for you....


Im not anti-Technology by any mean, but what I said is all true....

Thats my $0.02

On a side note,

"I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Albert Einstein

While all day can be spent arguing about what makes americans stuppider/lazier/fatter, in all simplicity the true answer is that we're either too busy or don't care enough to do anything about it. It's not the fault of companies and technology, but rather the individual person. Calculator, computers, television, planes, trains, and automobiles (couldn't help myself), and etc. are all godsends, in my opinion, giving us new options for old tasks and improving the quote-unquote global efficiency of the species as a whole.

In the end, though, it's not who can make their box faster, stronger, better, that wins. It's those who put themselves in the mindset of how best to exploit the technology at hand that will trimuph and be successful out there in the big wide world.

I ussually take twice as long making a program for my 83+ to do my assignment for me. Most of the time I could do the whole thing in my head in less time, but once I've programmed it I dont have to worry about forgetting it for the quiz ;p

Dean Kamen is like FDR...he can only walk for short distances. Why do you think his first mobility device was a wheelchair? He was preparing himself for the day he would no longer be able to walk naturally. Then he realized he needn't be confined to sitting..so he invented the Segway. But just watch as his legs slowly atrophy...we will see him off the segway less..and less....and much, much less

HE'S A ROBOT
 

Dean kamen must be an android and sometimes his robotic legs stop working so he must use the Segway as an alternate form of transportation. Have you noticed how dull his speeches are its because they are just programs in his memory banks that he is exceuting.:eek:

ohh god?:(
 

i could only imagine if i rode one, i would be like 7ft tall,( iam 6'5'') now, ekkkk! i wanna be like mike, j/k!

badjokeguy

NO
 

Dude, your not 6'5" your 6'1"

NO!
 

i am 6'5'', even my doctor sys so



badjokeguy

DUDE, I HEAR YOU
 

Programming that thing kicks a$$! It lets me forget about everything about what I use that program for.

HE IS BOTH
 

Personally I aggree with all those who think that he is trying to make up for his altitude impariment, "People like him are in SHORT supply.", and those who think he is a walking ... sorry, rolling advertisement. There is just one thing that ticks me off when he is talking. Since there is no Stand In Place button, HE ROLLS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH! Any way I'm about 5'7 and I could look Dean in the eye when I talked to him and (GEEK ALERT) asked him to sign my shirt in Virginia.

BTW: the quote above came from Shrek when Shrek and Donkey were talking to the Princess about Lord Farrquad.

Why walk when you can ride a segway.

im sorry, im still laughing too hard from the title of this thread to post anything........ i think its one of those things everyone discusses privately with friends or team members... hehehe.... it actually got posted...

FINALLY!
 

DEAN IS SHORT! He made the segway because he needs some height. It's like getting those height increasing specialised shoes, except he had to take it to the "kamen level" and make it a masterpeice of engineering! (which it is). I also think that his little legs got tired from going from his pc to his printer in his enormouse "Kamen level" house!
It also is designed to benefit his long drawn out boring speeches. He knows that his sp[eeches are long and hard to listen to so instead of putting the time into improving his speech writing skills and completing highschool english...:rolleyes:... He invented a machine that floats back and forth mezmerising his audience removing their attention from himself!!

*POKING FUN*
 

WE ALL LOVE YA DEAN, BUT WE ALSO LOVE
TO POKE FUN AT YA:D

It is true, you do get more space when you ride the segway

This article is kind of funny.....i guess dean had bad timing when he came out with the segway....lol

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/20...obesity+.shtml