Keep in mind this thing is meant to be used in places without plumbing... in a lot of cases that means there will also be a lack of replacement solar panels or the tools / skills to repair this setup. The problem of deploying 1st world stuff in 3rd world countries is not the stuff itself, but the expense and parts required to keep it in good repair. Simpler is better in this case.

no problem at all!

The Solowheel is actually not a bad idea: it has the right speed, range and portability. But it looks hard to ride, especially getting on and off the thing. Something that improves with practice I suppose, but I haven't read any account of anyone actually trying to use it daily. Reviews & videos are either Solowheel "pros" doing neat tricks and making it look really easy (after god knows how many hours of training), or faceplanting beginners. Anyone out there using a Solowheel as part of their commute?

it did at a time, remember steve jobs screaming he would rather bankrupt apple than allow android to grow?

well, if you want to be fair, yes, damn him for signing an extension to the patriot act, taking ownership of it

im anti religion myself, but if 1 person, whom you dont even know perhaps they just wanted your darwin sticker themselves is the reason you are against over a billion people you need to rethink your methods of choosing enemies

you my friend are either muslim, a troll, or an idiot.

which is it?

Nice. What's different or unfamiliar is incorrect.

'cause on the first day God wrote a specification document, on the third day he coded madly, on the sixth day God ticked off the last box on the acceptance test plan, and then he sat back and cracked open a can of Galactic Suds.

It comes in galaxies? You bet.

google is your friend

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/06/business/la-fi-tn-google-shuttles-pay-san-francisco-20140106

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco will begin charging the operators of private shuttles that ferry technology workers from the city to Silicon Valley, Mayor Ed Lee said Monday.

Under a new pilot program, the shuttles will pay the city fees to use public bus stops. In the first 18 months of the program, they are expected to pay about $1.5 million to San Francisco.
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The shiny fleets of private shuttles have become very visible symbols of the growing income disparity in San Francisco.

Technology investor Ron Conway says the companies have been working with City Hall to craft a solution for months. The issue took on added urgency in recent weeks as protesters blocked Google and Apple buses in San Francisco and Oakland. One group of protesters broke a window of a Google bus at the West Oakland BART station.

“Hopefully that will take the issue off the table,” said Conway, who heads up sf.citi, a nonprofit group. The shuttles will be limited to 200 specific bus stops and must operate according to certain guidelines, such as yielding to public buses. The private shuttles currently use 200 public bus stops to load and unload passengers from three dozen technology and other companies. They make 4,500 daily round trips. Proponents say they take thousands of cars off Bay Area roadways, easing congesting and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

"We see this pilot program as a good first step," said Veronica Bell, manager for public policy and government affairs for Google. The fees will cover the cost of running the pilot program as well as some upgrades to certain bus stops. The city is not permitted to collect more money than the program costs to run.

well they are paying for the right, so people can stop bitching about it now

I dont agree that google is abusing public property, I feel that they are doing you a service by taking more cars off the road. Im a prick i would say ok fine, everyone take their own car to work and do NOT car pool, ensure to clog the roads up. Lets see what people think is worse, people doing a large carpool, because thats all the google busses are, or a few hundred more cars on the road during rush hour

dry run for a bigger attack

who is stopping you from paying more taxes?? if you think you should pay more, just send the IRS a check for what you feel you should pay above what you have to pay by law. stop talking about it and do it

if that were true, why were people still flocking here from other countries all over the world?

It may be a shit hole, but slightly less than the rest of the shitholes out there

unless they are illegally in the country, then they pay the in state resident cost....