I so want IT. And fast too.

[Sparky Kronkite]

I want to be the first to make love on it.

I want to be the first to traverse the US on it.

I want to be the first race it.

I want to be the first to propose that Vince put WWF characters on it and have battle like chariots - on it.

I want to be the first to choreograph a stage/dance number on it.

I want to be the first to be charged with hit and run while on it.

I want to be the first to perform a drive-by on it.

I want to be the first to get a DUI while on it.

I want to be the first to.........

What do you want to be the first to do on it?

Don't you want it too?

 

[ZoeKat]

but what if when we get it..

it's not, or is too, too pure?

will it make me go crazy?

mess up my skin?

will it wreck my teeth?

you go first..i'll be ground control till we're sure

 

[Kaos_Star]

okay maybe i am missing something here.....what is it??????

 

[Guest]

okay maybe i am missing something here.....what is it??????

you want it all but you can't have it.

it's in your face but you can't grab it.

 

[SINthysist]

The first to highjack

a thread on IT.

 

[Guest]

you want it all but you can't have it.

it's in your face but you can't grab it.

it's alive, afraid, a lie, a sin

it's magic, it's tragic, it's a loss, it's a win.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I'm just disappointed that the "It" didn't turn out to be one of the things people were hoping for, like a levitation machine. So it's a scooter than can calibrate our center of balance 100 times a second. Does anyone really see this as replacing the bicycle, much less the car?

 

[Guest]

it's alive, afraid, a lie, a sin

it's magic, it's tragic, it's a loss, it's a win.

it's dark, it's moist, it's a bitter pain

it's sad it happened and it's a shame.

 

[Guest]

it's dark, it's moist, it's a bitter pain

it's sad it happened and it's a shame.

you want it all but you can't have it

it's in your face but you can't grab it.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

You idiots!

Do any of you watch the news? Old news now.

Don't any of you get the glues?

Only Dixon knew what IT was.

And Dix? I do think it has a good shot at replacing the bicycle. Yeah I know, expensive now but it will come way down in short order. It's a mass produced, chip based machine, like all of them before - the price will drop. I'll be you can get one in designer colors for $500 in a year and a half.

I can see all the food delivery guys on the Upper East Side just whishing by us - as we walk.

 

[PHANTOM5875]

"IT" is very, very cool! I saw it previewed on CBS news and I would love to have one. (That way, I could be FIRST one to get KILLED on one, I'm sure!) They said the initial price for consumers would be somewhere around $3,000. USD. A little steep for my pocketbook but would love to have one once they start mass producing and dropping the price. They had the rapper, Russell Simmons, using one in about 30 seconds. Seems to be very easy to use.

Phantom.

 

[Registered One]

I believe that IT is actually easier......

than walking.

Especially for those with physical problems like arthritus, or any other similar joint problems.

Even those who might be double amputees (legs) could use it very easily.

I even think that using IT might be quite a bit safer than walking - that's why Ford will be using IT on it's assembly floor. They wouldn't do it - if it weren't.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Faith no more - Epic.

Those things are damn funky... but fucking expensive

 

[Laurel]

I don't see it replacing cars, but I definitely see it as a possible replacement for foot traffic over large cities, especially - as Registered One noted - for those who have difficulty walking, or for people (like mailmen) who must carry packages or other items over a long walking distance.

I think what may be most important, though, is the basic principles and new technologies being explored within IT. Imagine if the efficiency and ease of use of IT could be move into large vehicles - car-sized, or trains, or...? The Wright Bros. plane was not a thing of grace or beauty, but it was a start.

Then again, I was looking at a picture of IT and I thought of another thing IT reminds me of: remember those weird red & blue shoeshiner things that grandpas used to have in their closets? Damnit, I know everyone thinks I'm crazy...I'm going to find a picture...

 

[Laurel]

This isn't the exact shoeshine machine I'm thinking of, but even this one looks suspiciously similar...

http://www.smgms.com/bilder/cosmo_plus.jpg

I'll post a link to the real one from my childhood if I can find it on the web.

 

[Laurel]

Okay...I almost found it.

It looks very much like one of these choice models, but it had a crossbar at the top that you could hold onto while shining your shoes.

http://store1.yimg.com/I/comfort_1663_18837759

When I was young, I liked to live dangerously...and I would occasionally touch my bare toes to one of these things while it was spinning at full speed! Please, do not try this yourself.

 

[Debbie]

"IT" is very, very cool! I saw it previewed on CBS news and I would love to have one. (That way, I could be FIRST one to get KILLED on one, I'm sure!) They said the initial price for consumers would be somewhere around $3,000. USD. A little steep for my pocketbook but would love to have one once they start mass producing and dropping the price. They had the rapper, Russell Simmons, using one in about 30 seconds. Seems to be very easy to use.

Phantom.

Can you guess what my 8 year old has asked Santa for? I told him that Santa has to do a test run first to make sure they are safe for the li'l kids so he may get one eventually.
Well, what do you expect me to say? My stepson told him Santa is dead.
Last year he wanted a rat. (Thankfully the Santa, on the corner, in town, told him that a pet rat would chew through his sack and escape. Damn, then he suggested he wanted a puppy. It turned out ok though, Santa said that the bag had very small holes and puppy would suffocate. So he settled for rollerblades.)
Cool invention, damn shame about the price.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

When the first IT's become available to us......

regular folks - a good ad would be Santa delivering toys on one.

Goes right down the chimney don't you know.