Month: October 2001

“My theory is that the Taliban have Internet too. And I think Bert is universal enough to appeal to them, too.”

Dino Ignacio, webmaster of the “Bert Is Evil” site, on the Sesame Street character’s inexplicable appearance in a collage of Osama Bin Laden photos wielded by protesters in Bangladesh, Wired News, 10 October 2001

“The story’s over. You can’t have a magazine about unemployed people.”

Silicon Alley Reporter publisher Jason Calacanis, on his decision to close the magazine rather than compete with Philip Kaplan, The New York Times, 8 October 2001

“People have a right to know what kinds of risks there are, but unfortunately terrorists are people, too.”

Jim Makris, emergency coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on yanking data about chemical plants off of publicly available websites, BBC News, 5 October 2001

“[The HP Way is] a wonderfully convenient and evocative and emotive umbrella to throw all kinds of complaints under.”

Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, on the similarities between the HP Way and her way, as opposed to the highway, San Jose Mercury News, 5 October 2001

“If the rule is, ‘Gee, it’s going to take out something that inconveniences a cuddly little company,’ then we’re in trouble. We need another rule.”

Richard Schmalensee, dean of MIT’s Sloan School of Management and star antitrust witness for Microsoft, on the dangers of selective government enforcement, News.com, 4 October 2001