Month: July 2005

“Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas.”

Yahoo executive Usama Fayyad, on opening a new research lab near the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2005

“During the next five or seven years, I believe it’s going to all be about the transistors.”

Applied Materials CEO Mike Splinter, on the chiphead’s view of the universe, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2005

“It is clear to us that the public has moved to the Internet as the place they go when they want to get information.”

CBS executive Larry Kramer, on launching a revamped news site, including the requisite weblog, The New York Times, 13 July 2005

“Successive generations have come to terms with the increasing queerness of the universe.”

Oxford professor Richard Dawkins, on the totally kicky complexity of the physical world, BBC News, 12 July 2005

“These are horrific sites. They’re used for purposes of recruitment. They particularly target the young. It is predatory hate of the worst kind.”

Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler, on the evils of “cyberhate” sites, CNN.com, 8 July 2005