“All of the relevant agencies are now very actively looking at existing regulations to examine the degree to which they do or might not cover adequately these new nanoscale materials.”
White House nanotech advisor Clayton Teague, reacting to discoveries that nanoscale materials kill aquatic life, The Washington Post, 28 March 2004
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“Some unscrupulous corporations may have exploited new technologies … so that ordinary consumers and children become, in effect, ‘human shields’ against copyright owners and law enforcement agencies.”
Senator Orrin Hatch (D.-RIAA), on the amusing conspiracy theories he’s come up with to justify outlawing peer-to-peer networks, Senate.gov, 25 March 2004
“I want to make sure (a user) can’t get through … an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.”
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on his media strategy of saturation-bombing Internet users into submission, InformationWeek, 25 March 2004
“To be accused of being a whore is one thing, but to be accused of being a weblogger is actionable.”
Tech journalist Andrew Orlowski, on being accused of posing as a prostitute online, The Register, 21 March 2004
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