“There ought to be Burning Men festivals held downtown once a year in every major city in America.”
Bruce Sterling, Time, 25 August 1997
Month: August 1997
SOME PEOPLE JUST DON’T GET WAY NEW JOURNALISM
“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
IT SLICES! IT DICES! IT SCALES!
“You shouldn’t buy a computer, but an appliance that scales into a network.”
Sun CEO Scott McNealy, Wired News, 26 August 1997
IF ONLY THE FRENCH KNEW THEIR PLACE
“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
NUTTY BY NATURE
“[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
MY EXIT STRATEGY IS A PLANE TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
“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
SPARCSTATIONS ARE FROM VENUS, NT BOXES ARE FROM MARS
“If you came down from Mars, Solaris and NT would look like the same thing.”
Sun CEO Scott McNealy, Upside.com, 15 August 1997
