Category: Quote For The Day

It’s The EFF Sir, and they have a Flag

Paraphrasing Eddie Izzard. “Mr Gates, it’s the EFF and the Copyleft Brigade. They’re Here.” “What do they want?” “I don’t know, but they’ve got a flag…” Through an inspired speech that sounded like it could have been written by Senator Joe McCarthy, Bill Gates managed to label every artist, commentator, mover and thinker who believes in more open-ness in rights to be a Communist, and only the money grabbing imperialist mega-corporations (who are working with the Windows Media Centre) are the true way forward. That makes me mad. Just because a trade doesn’t involve money doesn’t mean it has no

Everything’s Fine Now, How Are You?

There are times you really hat the London Underground and the tinny voices apologosing for something that’s not their fault. But this morning, the Victoria Line driver came out with a classic tannoy: “This is your driver speaking. If you can find a seat, you’d better sit down. I’ve just been informed by our line controller that all lines are running a good service. There are no delays and no unplanned staion closures. And if you believe that, I’ve a beach property in Arizona you might be interested in.”

Infinte Improbablilty Goosebumps

Pictures from the Mars Spirit Probe. Someone had the bright idea of pointing the camera at the Earth and taking a picture of… well.. everyone. That tiny point of light holds everyone, everything, all the religions, your friends, your family, and there is nowhere else to go if we can’t work together and stop killing each other.