Why didn't the Segway take off?

Segway is a classic example of an answer to a question that nobody asked. The question is something like this: > How can I cover a walking distance at a slightly faster speed than walking whi…

Top stories for Long   Why didn't the Segway take off? Mike S., lives in The United States of America (1990-present) • Updated January 19 Segway is a classic example of an answer to a question that nobody asked. The question is something like this: How can I cover a walking distance at a slightly faster speed t... Read more » 2K 219   Why don't more people move to Wyoming? Chris Coleman, former Geophysical Technician at Phillips 66 (1980-1985) • Updated December 14, 2020 I've spent time living and working in Wyoming. It's about as close as you can get to what much of the pioneer west was actually like. Miles and miles of open space, bitter-... Read more » 6K 349   How can universal healthcare in America lead to excessive government control of citizen's lives? Franklin Veaux, lives in Portland, OR • Answered January 12 Step 1: Everyone gets healthcare. Step 2: A handful of nincompoops who do not understand the difference between health insurance and health care believe the insurance indust... Read more » 811 77   How did the presidency affect the health of US presidents while in office? Angela Stockton, B.A. English & Journalism, University of Kentucky (1970) • Answered January 12 Franklin Roosevelt died in office from a cerebral hemorrhage. Some historians have theorized that when they met at Yalta, Stalin recognized how ill Roosevelt was. And no ma... Read more » 224 15   What is a water cake? Carlie Clayton Kuhn, Owner at Spicy Cult (2020-present) • Updated August 21, 2020 The Water Cake is referred to as Mizu Shingen Mochi. It was originally made and originated in Japan. If this delicate cake isn't eaten within half an hour it actually disap... Read more » 8.7K 71   What do you think of the not guilty verdict for Daniel Penny, who was charged with fatally choking Jordan Neely on a New York subway train? Jean-Marie Valheur, rather interested in it • Answered December 16 The whole thing has been blown MASSIVELY out of proportion because Daniel Penny happened to be white, and the deranged man he accidentally killed in self-defense was black.... Read more » 958 105   Why has it gotten so difficult to find a primary care physician in the US? Amy Chai, MD, Internal Medicine, MS Epidemiology • Answered January 18 We all quit. I quit in July 2024. It is no longer morally or financially reasonable to work as a PCP. They do not pay us for at least 1/3 of our working hours, our pay scale... Read more » 3.1K 260   Is there a Vietnam War film that glorifies it with zero anti-war sentiment? Jim Mowreader, US Army veteran • Answered July 24, 2023 No movie "glorifies" the Vietnam War. No movie SHOULD glorify it. Now for a Vietnam War movie that has no anti-war sentiment: Hamburger Hill. The writer of this film was Jame... Read more » 149 16   What is the most blatant case of corruption you witnessed in the education system? Matthew Bates, Father, Husband, Teacher • Answered January 6 This is something I've written about before on Quora. And the emphasis in this answer is on the "blatant" part of the question. The most egregious corruption almost certainl... Read more » 1K 38   Can Trump keep his promise to "fight" inflation by copying Nixon's "price freeze" with no escape clause until wages "catch-up" to prices? David W. Rudlin, Author of the Political Thriller, "Scandalous." • Answered December 16 Let's not forget that Nixon's price freeze was a disaster, and widely blamed for the 1973–1975 recession. And that was a mild version of what trump has in mind. Nixon's move ... Read more » 434 33   Do field goals always have to be set 7 yards back from the line of scrimmage in football? If so, why is that? Is there an option to move it up to 5 yards or back to 10 yards if that might help the try? Douglas Whiteside, Youth football coach with TCYFL 2002 - 2010 • Answered January 1 In the NFL, most teams now spot the ball about 8 yards behind the line of scrimmage, but that is not due to any rule. All the rule book says is, "The kick must be a placeki... Read more » 57 1   When Peter III faced a military coup, why didn't the generals of the armies around St. Petersburg go to St. Petersburg to suppress the rebellion? After all, with luck, one of the generals who put down the rebellion might be declared tsar by the army. Boris Ivanov, studied History & Literature at Russian State University for the Humanities • Answered January 8 That's not how Russia worked. In all of our history, we never had a successful military coup that was led by the military. In all of our coups and revolutions, politicians/... Read more » 19 3 Read more in your feed

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