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author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 11, 2011, 09:26:53 pm
content: A quick "contest", only for those going to the Electronex show in Sydney this Wednesday.The first person to track me down at the show and shout out "Great Scott!" wins a free IDEAL True RMS Multimeter (slightly "reviewed").Dave.

author: scrat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2011, 09:30:21 pm
content: Unfortunately, I won't be there, but... I'm curious: why "Great Scott"?

author: baljemmett
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 11, 2011, 09:44:17 pm
content: Quote from: scrat on September 11, 2011, 09:30:21 pmI'm going to go out on a limb and guess "Doc Brown"

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2011, 10:08:49 pm
content: Visiting such shows its always fun, but it includes allot of walking.... get soft shoes ..

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2011, 02:51:55 am
content: Soft shoes are for pussies. Go the Segway!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 12, 2011, 11:20:22 am
content: Jeri Ellsworth got thrown out of ESC(?) for wearing roller skates!Dave.

author: Precisiontools
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2011, 11:55:41 am
content: Screw the Segway...if I have to yell out "Great Scott" I'll be doing it from my Hoverboard©.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 15, 2011, 09:25:59 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 11, 2011, 09:26:53 pmAll those looking for the convention in Sydney were well and truly fooled. No meter prize for them.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2011, 10:30:47 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 12, 2011, 11:20:22 amDamn, i wonder if they knew who she was.

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2011, 11:47:21 am
content: Quote from: Precisiontools on September 12, 2011, 11:55:41 amThe irony is that the inventor of the segway was killed when his runaway segway ran into a river.

author: baljemmett
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 15, 2011, 12:26:47 pm
content: Quote from: DrGeoff on September 15, 2011, 11:47:21 amNot quite -- it was a British chap called Jimi Heselden who bought the company in 2010, not the inventor. He rode it off a cliff into a river; the coroner's inquest heard that he was riding along a footpath through a park (Segways aren't legal for use on the public highway in the UK) when he encountered a dog-walker coming the other way. He backed up to let the pedestrian pass and went over the edge...

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 03:18:51 am
content: Quote from: Uncle Vernon on September 15, 2011, 09:25:59 amUmm, yeah, that was part of the test!Dave.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 03:19:51 am
content: Quote from: Psi on September 15, 2011, 10:30:47 amThe ironic things was, she came back this year and gave the Keynote!Dave.

author: Joshua
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 03:31:28 am
content: So did anyone win the meter?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2011, 03:59:05 am
content: Quote from: Joshua on September 20, 2011, 03:31:28 amYep, I wasn't even in the door before someone shouted it out!You'll see the winner in the video.Dave.