“Watching television should be one of the most relaxing experiences you can have. It’s astounding that something this simple has to be encoded in a made-up language that only an electronics engineer could love.”
Design consultant Jakob Nielsen, on how intellectually exhausting he finds pushing buttons on his remote controls, The New York Times, 19 February 2004
“There will be a lot of borrowing of ideas.”
Intel chief technology officer Pat Gelsinger, on how after the Itanium chip, he’s pretty much given up on his company’s own engineers, News.com, 19 February 2004
“We are extremely confident our index size is highly competitive.”
Yahoo executive Jeff Weiner, on locker-room comparisons in the Web search market, Searchblog, 17 February 2004
“I like to think of it as the Swiss Army knife of the PC — camera, wireless, microphone, speaker, camera.”
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, explaining the wonders of his latest startup’s debut product, News.com, 17 February 2004
“Once you start down the road with that analogy, you get stuck in it.”
Microsoft security expert Scott Charney, offering a decidingly nontechnical critique of the theory that a software monoculture is as dangerous as a biological one, CNN.com, 16 February 2004
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