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That's why I wrote "capture more of the market Segway hoped to reach" instead of "capture the market Segway hoped to reach" I know firsthand that Segways ar
by pg 17y ago
That's why I wrote
"capture more of the market Segway hoped to reach"
instead of
"capture the market Segway hoped to reach"
I know firsthand that Segways aren't that useful, because for a couple years I could ride the Segwell whenever I wanted, and all I ever did with it was tool around on the street in front of YC. That is why I qualified these passages the way I did. And that's enough; I'm not going to start cluttering essays with clauses to head off every misinterpretation someone might post on a forum.
I suppose I could create a separate page for each essay, answering in advance all the mistaken objections I knew people would raise about it. ("Note that I did not claim that this is the main problem with the Segway, just one of many" etc, etc.) It seems like a waste of time, but it would take less than this discussion has.
- messel 17y agoI'd wager responding to the vultures is unproductive. The majority of readers follow your point. Respoding just fuels their linguistics lawyering further.
- timdellinger 17y ago"Note that I did not claim that this is the main problem with the Segway, just one of many" I think the title of the essay (The Trouble with the Segway) kinda does imply that this is the main problem. The title suggests that the essay will explain the Segway's lack of success. Perhaps a different title would have prepared the reader for what was actually in the essay. How about "The Segway's other problem". Personally, I'm starting to think that the real problem is this: it lacks dignity.