“As hard as we try, we have not yet understood how to make value and moral judgments about information.”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, on search results it would rather not serve up, 60 Minutes, 2 January 2005
Author: Alex
Alex works as a reverse engineer for Automattic Inc.
CRAZY LIKE A FIREFOX
“It’s not that people have stopped using IE, it’s just we’ve got lots of good ideas that [we] can match and move ahead.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on his belief that his company’s share of Web browser usage hasn’t actually dropped, News.com, 5 January 2005
THE PLANS YOU REFER TO WILL SOON BE BACK IN OUR HANDS
“From now on, I’m going to make movies nobody wants to see and everyone will say I’ve lost my touch.”
Star Wars director George Lucas, revealing the secret plan behind Attack of the Clones, ThisisLondon, 5 January 2005
WE READ BUGTRAQ SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO
“Today, companies have to have people doing nothing all day but scouring news groups and mail lists figuring out the latest fix to a security vulnerability.”
SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese, on the value her new startup adds, News.com, 4 January 2005
AND THEY ALSO BUY PLAYBOY FOR THE ARTICLES
“People from Greenland do not come to Burning Man to smoke pot, beat on bongos and snuggle.”
Burning Man participant John Rinaldi, who’s dismayed with the lack of interest in art at the desert “arts” festival, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 January 2005
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