“I just want to thank my readers, my viewers, my Internet users. I just want to thank everyone for their support.”
Domesticity guru Martha Stewart, on getting more affirmations via email than Howard Dean, CNNmoney, 8 March 2004
THE SYSADMINS CALL IT “CHMODGATE”
“The evidence unequivocally confirms that some Republican staff conspired to spy on and steal from their Democratic colleagues. This report indisputably shows that this secret surveillance was calculated, systematic and sweeping in its scope.”
Senator Patrick Leahy (D.-Unix for Dummies), on the discovery that a Republican congressional clerk used wide-open security settings to copy documents from Democrats’ file servers, News.com, 5 March 2004
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, WE’RE CASH-FOE POSITVE
“Our revenue and results of operations for the first quarter were consistent with our expectations.”
SCO CEO Darl McBride, on losing $3.4 million on $20,000 in revenues with his brilliant plan to sue every Linux user in sight, ElectricNews.net, 4 March 2004
PAID INCLUSION? IS THAT ANYTHING LIKE FRIENDS-AND-FAMILY SHARES?
“Any time you accept money to influence the results, even if it is just for inclusion, it is probably a bad thing.”
Google cofounder Larry Page, on the nefarious nexus of search engines and capitalism, The New York Times, 2 March 2004
GEEK MARRIAGE LEGALIZED!
“It’s the same kind of energy [as the marriages at City Hall]. It’s nice to see that kind of energy return to San Francisco.”
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, on how the new Apple Store in town will allow same-OS relationships to flourish, Wired News, 2 March 2004
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