Last updated: 07:00PM 07/10/07
Ken Thompson has an automobile which he helped design. Unlike
most automobiles, it has neither speedometer, nor gas gauge, nor
any of the other numerous idiot lights which plague the modern
driver. Rather, if the driver makes a mistake, a giant “?” lights up in
the center of the dashboard. “The experienced driver,” says Thompson,
“will usually know what’s wrong.”
—Anonymous
I am pulling this from the Unix Haters Handbook
I was struck with how this simplistic approach is brought to Segway. In Segway’s case a giant red sad face.