Weird story and not at all funny. It was the anti-DRM people. They were at Maker Faire looking for trouble. They spotted Woz and started giving him shit about iTunes and iPods. Then they saw him riding his Segway and tried to take it away from him but he put up a fight. Apparently Segways are another one of their big "most hated" products because they use closed software and DRM code that prevents people from hacking into Segways and loading Linux on them and, I don't know, turning them into milkshake machines or something. Woz is in stable condition but he's gonna be in the hospital for a few days. He was so confused after the attack that he initially said he was abducted by "spacemen." The Segway is trashed. Smashed to pieces. Good news is the police were called and five of these a-holes were arrested.
Photo above shows the gang out in the street right after the attack, all proud of themselves. Photo below shows one of the attackers being tackled to the ground and pulled out of his space suit. Look close and you can see some of Woz's blood on the suit.
Finally here's a photo of Peter Brown, head of the Free Software Foundation, giving an interview to local TV and defending the attack, saying Woz provoked the DRM guys by riding his Segway back and forth where they were protesting.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Arrests made in Woz attack
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This entry is not anywhere near the universe of humor. No cookie for unfortunate blog reader this morning.
I was there. What wasn't reported was that it was a peaceful demonstration until Woz accelerated towards the protesters at maximum speed (he's somehow bypassed the limiter on the Segway) and took a whack at one of them with a polo mallet. All hell broke loose.
Josh Wolf was there and got the whole thing on video. When the police demanded the video, he wouldn't give it to them, and they arrested him.
anonymous,
seems pretty funny to me.
who pissed in your cornflakes?
lighten the F up. lifes too short.
FSJ, you never told your readers that Roberto Moreno had actually secured a place in the Indy 500. I only just found out at /.
Why didn't your report that the anti-DRM crowd also set Woz and his Seg on fire?
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Hahaha, this is actually the first time I've ever laughed at a blog post. Thank you.
hey wait - these don't look like the standard "maker faire - anti-DRM" unwashed masses folk. those look surprisingly like intel bunny suits!
it was you, wasn't it, fsj? you had the hit put out on woz, and had the intel minions through your alliance carry it out saying they were anti-DRM, so it couldn't be traced back to you, didn't you?
i know it was you, fredo. i know it was you. you broke my heart, fredo, you broke my heart...
First time visitor, and given what I had heard, I expected that this would be a really funny site!
Have to agree with 1st commenter. This entry is pretty lame--and in this day and age not amusing!
Could do w/o the 4 letter words, too!
From the looks of your blog, the Woz is having an all round bad week. Maybe he should come to Canada for a vacation. I think we could find him a nice quiet place in Nanuvut. He'll have to leave his Seg at home, for his own safety of course. We wouldn't want the Esquimos to attack him, thinking he was a polar bear.
Woz did not 'bypass the limiter on the Segway'. It is a little known fact that his Segway (unlike the production models) is powered by special fuel cells that deliver two times the power and speed of the original Segway. The Woz has kept this under wraps, but there is a growing number of people calling for an investigation after his performance at he International Segway Polo Championships. This Segway-doping scandal could rip apart the sport as we know it.
The truth will come out.
I actually found this post extremely funny.
This is the one email I'm allowed.
I cannot be accused of modifying my Segway when only the keys are changed.
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