Month: August 1997

“There ought to be Burning Men festivals held downtown once a year in every major city in America.”

Bruce Sterling, Time, 25 August 1997

“If Drudge had asked to see the court records, or even asked what court was involved, he would have learned this story was phony.”

William McDaniel, lawyer for Sidney Blumenthal, speaking on the defamation suit his client has filed against Matt Drudge and AOL, News.com, 27 August 1997

“You shouldn’t buy a computer, but an appliance that scales into a network.”

Sun CEO Scott McNealy, Wired News, 26 August 1997

“France and the French culture must occupy their entire place in the world information society.”

French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Agence France-Presse, 25 August 1997

“[Timothy] Leary was a futurist by nature. He always lived a few decades — if not centuries — ahead of his time. If his visions came true within the time frame he expected, we’d all be ageless tantric sex masters living rent-free in an L5 space colony.”

R.U. Sirius, on plans to resuscitate cobweb site leary.com, Wired News, 25 August 1997

“You see tons of companies making tons of money, and you see tons of companies disappearing.”

RSA Data Security CEO Jim Bidzos, Wired News, 21 August 1997

“If you came down from Mars, Solaris and NT would look like the same thing.”

Sun CEO Scott McNealy, Upside.com, 15 August 1997