# WHAT IS IT!?!?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307 "2001-01-10T10:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/21 "2001-01-10T18:34:07Z")
Maglev scooters. Flying cars. Those are two of the possibilities I’ve seen discussed on Slashdot. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/22 "2001-01-10T19:04:55Z")
Several things about IT are throwing me. The main one is that it’ll cost under $2000, if it indeed does. Thus it must be cheap to make. This also makes me think that it’s made of some new material, something really different. With names like “Metro” it also makes me think that it has something to do with transportation. But that might just be a code name to throw people off of what IT is. But, this statement: > [@](#): > > profoundly affect our environment and the way people live worldwide. It will be an alternative to products that are dirty,expensive, sometimes dangerous and often > frustrating, especially for people in the cities. again makes me think it has something to do with an alternate transportation method & alternate fuel (“environment”). But what it is for certain is another matter entirely. This could also mean that it is just an alternate fuel/energy source for cities. This would also make sense with retrofitting campuses, etc. for IT. Whatever IT is, it better live up to the hype. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/23 "2001-01-11T06:48:25Z")
All I can think of is IT, the giant brain that controlled a whole race of people, in **A Wrinkle in Time**. :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/24 "2001-01-11T07:00:31Z")
Dammit **Enderw24** I was getting ready to make a joke about the Stephen King book, but you cut me off at the knees! 😉 My 2 cents: IT is probably some new type of energy source or storage device. I hope IT lives up to all of the publicity! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/25 "2001-01-11T07:18:49Z")
I’d just like to say a hearty fuck you to you all for getting that Faith No More song stuck in my head. 😉 And what the hell IS it? ---
**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/26 "2001-01-11T10:55:35Z")
Yes that solotrek thing was what I was talking about. Wouldnt one of those be SO fun? I want one. ---
**Author:** ![Rift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rift)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/27 "2001-01-11T11:58:56Z")
This reminds me of a riddle… **How do you keep an bunch of idiots in suspense?** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/28 "2001-01-11T14:12:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*They’ve figured out a way to put clowns inside sewer systems and kill children. That’s an It that would change the world, lemmie tell ya. \*\* ``` Sorry, won't work. All those little alligators kids brought back from Florida and flushed down toilets in The Bronx in the '50s have mutated into huge blind albino alligators that live in the sewers. They ate the clowns. ``` Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/29 "2001-01-11T20:54:04Z")
I keep wondering if they’re going to get Clara Bow to do the advertising for them. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/30 "2001-01-11T21:38:14Z")
AAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Found this on the Discussion boards on MSNBC: > [@](#): > > The article states: “It will be an alternative to products that are dirty, expensive, sometimes dangerous and often frustrating, especially for people in the cities.” > Everyone immediately takes this to mean that IT has > something to do with transport in some way or another. I > think this sentence is one of the better clues given, > then again, we arent supposed to find out what IT is, so > this could just be a great way to divert us. What other > than cars or public transport fits the above description? > > Notice that all the investors are geeky men. Notice > also that the project name is Ginger. I know this is way > out there, but what if this is some sort of personal > pleasure device? Ginger, Mary-Ann, geeky men, will > people be allowed to use it, things are starting to fit > together here. The answer to the sentence that isnt > transport oriented is women. I really dont think this is > even a remote possibility, but it sure would be funny as > heck. All this hype for a really kick-ass gyro balanced, > bio-energy fueled, blow-up doll. Along with the fact that Kaman was responsible for the invention of the first drug infusion _pump_ and later creating the first portable insulin _pump_ and dialysis machine, it makes it a bit more believable!!! 😃 AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Then again… ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/31 "2001-01-11T21:53:44Z")
Can anyone make sense of this post in the MSNBC Discussion boards? [http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/msnbc-scitech/posts/ls/205983.asp](http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/msnbc-scitech/posts/ls/205983.asp) ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/32 "2001-01-11T22:04:10Z")
Someone mentioned something about IT being a new toilet… > [@](#): > > **I kinda recall something about changing “ways of thinking”, hmmm, I know where I do lots of my thinking, how about you?** ---
**Author:** ![Jamoross](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jamoross/32/3241_2.png) [@Jamoross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamoross)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/33 "2001-01-12T11:40:39Z")
My prediction is that it will be a Toynbee Convector. - jam ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/34 "2001-01-12T11:48:39Z")
Prepare to be dissappointed, folks. There’s no way that whatever this turns out to be can possibly fulfill the build-up it’s being given. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/35 "2001-01-12T16:05:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by idiotboy \* > \*\*AAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! > > Found this on the Discussion boards on MSNBC: > > > [@](#): > > > > The article states: “It will be an alternative to products that are dirty, expensive, sometimes dangerous and often frustrating, especially for people in the cities.” > > Everyone immediately takes this to mean that IT has > > something to do with transport in some way or another. I > > think this sentence is one of the better clues given, > > then again, we arent supposed to find out what IT is, so > > this could just be a great way to divert us. What other > > than cars or public transport fits the above description? > > > > Notice that all the investors are geeky men. Notice > > also that the project name is Ginger. I know this is way > > out there, but what if this is some sort of personal > > pleasure device? Ginger, Mary-Ann, geeky men, will > > people be allowed to use it, things are starting to fit > > together here. The answer to the sentence that isnt > > transport oriented is women. I really dont think this is > > even a remote possibility, but it sure would be funny as > > heck. All this hype for a really kick-ass gyro balanced, > > bio-energy fueled, blow-up doll. > > Along with the fact that Kaman was responsible for the invention of the first drug infusion _pump_ and later creating the first portable insulin _pump_ and dialysis machine, it makes it a bit more believable!!! 😃 > > AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! > Then again… \*\* But to architect a city around it? That had better be one hell of a personal pleasure device. ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/36 "2001-01-12T16:10:57Z")
Well, instead of building giant _amuzement_ parks…they’ll be _pleasure_ parks! Uhhhh, well…a guy can dream, can’t he? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/37 "2001-01-12T17:00:35Z")
My prediction: A Rocketpack. Ha Ha Ha ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307/38 "2001-01-13T18:52:21Z")
Here is some more news on It. [http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2674372,00.html](http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2674372,00.html) They’re saying they think it might be a scooter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49307.md?page=1)