Quotation of the day for June 30, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 30, 2014 "We have no consequences for sloppy design and we don't hold organizations accountable for bad things." - Eugene Spafford, computer security expert and professor of computer science, on the failure of software makers to deal with security problems. [http://www.crn.com/news/security/300073238/security-expert-industry-is-failing-miserably-at-fixing-underlying-dangers.htm] Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 26, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 29, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 29, 2014 "Finally, our results categorically contradict the industry-accepted wisdom that open-plan layout enhances communication between colleagues and improves occupants' overall work environmental satisfaction.... Moreover, the increment of overall workspace satisfaction due to the positive impact of ease of interaction in open-plan office layouts failed to offset the decrements by negative impacts of noise and privacy. This implies that even though occupants are satisfied with interactions in open-plan layout, their overall workspace satisfaction will eventually decreased unless a certain level of privacy and acoustical quality are provided." - Jungsoo Kim and Richard de Dear, writing in Workspace satisfaction: The privacy-communication trade-off in open-plan offices. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 26, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 28, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 28, 2014 "Es ist nichts." ["It is nothing."] - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, speaking his last words after being shot on June 28, 1914, reported by Count Franz von Harrach. His assassination was a precipitating cause of World War I. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 26, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 27, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 27, 2014 "The piano ain't got no wrong notes." - Thelonious Monk Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 25, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 26, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 26, 2014 "After she'd left, he decided to commune with Jesus' body and blood, consuming the True Vine and Bread of Life, as was the evening's custom: he ate an entire loaf of sliced white bread, washing it down with a half-gallon of jug wine, and when that was done, emptied the gin and bourbon bottles." - Robert Coover, in the short story White-Bread Jesus. Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 25, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 25, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 25, 2014 "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." - Elie Wiesel Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 23, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 24, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 24, 2014 "In the end, the headline writer is spoilt for choice. Let me, therefore, suggest some that seem to have slipped through the net. Ramscootrify (from Scotland's ramscooter, to induce panic, although an alternative definition was spray with a water-pistol), rumbusticate (which seems to combine "rumbustious" with the -ate suffix of words like "spiflicate"). "There is spiflicate itself (which the OED terms "fanciful" but others suggest combines one or more of "stifle", "suffocate" and the dialect words "smothercate" and "stiffle"). Finally scrumplicate which evokes the positive "scrumptious" but probably depends more on "scrumple" (to crush) and the crump of violent opposition." - Jonathon Green, lexicographer, offering some alternative terms for defeat for the use of sportswriters. [http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27978489] Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 24, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 23, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 23, 2014 "One reason the Internet fosters conspiracy theories is that its system of branching, crossing tunnels is shaped like paranoid reasoning itself, and once inside the shadow maze you find yourself tracking elusive glimmers of light that recede as fast as you can follow them." - Walter Kirn, in Blood Will Out. Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 21, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 21, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 21, 2014 "A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality." - Clifton Fadiman Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 21, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 19, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 19, 2014 "A revealing example--because not central to the argument--is the observation that many people still talk loosely of "records" when they mean CDs. "I suspect we speak this way," comments Nagy, "because the idea of memory is embedded in the word records." But of course this isn't why we sometimes refer to CDs as "records"; the term has simply been extended from one technology to its successor. Initially the record store sold records, then it sold records and CDs, then, before it folded, just CDs. But in organizing a record collection, we don't think of the heart (Latin cor) as the seat of memory, any more than we think of a carbon paper copy when we "cc" someone on an e-mail." - Gregory Hays, reviewing The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours by Gregory Nagy. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 17, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 18, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 18, 2014 "The pessimists are wrong, in my view. But they are not crazy. If innovation is purely market driven, and we don't focus on the big inequities, then we could have amazing advances in inventions that leave the world even more divided." - Bill Gates, speaking at Stanford University's 2014 commencement. [http://www.itworld.com/software/423116/gates-urges-stanford-grads-not-focus-profit-alone] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 17, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 17, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 17, 2014 "Several times Mitrofanov and Pototsky invited me to join them for a drink. I turned them down. This did not take any effort on my part. I can easily refuse the first drink. It's the stopping that I haven't learnt. The motor is good but the brakes fail me..." - Sergei Dovlatov, from his novel Pushkin Hills. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 13, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 15, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 15, 2014 "Three kraters only do I propose for sensible men, one for health, the second for love and pleasure and the third for sleep; when this has been drunk up, wise guests depart for home. The fourth krater is mine no longer, but belongs to hubris; the fifth to shouting; the sixth to revel; the seventh to black eyes; the eighth to summonses; the ninth to bile; and the tenth to madness and people tossing furniture about." - Eubulus, playwright, on drinking wine. [http://www.wildivine.org/dionysos_paths.htm] Submitted by: Bob Bruhin Mar. 18, 2012

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Quotation of the day for June 13, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 13, 2014 "Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a determined competitor, but rather by the ability of a company to attract and motivate the world's most talented engineers." - Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, when announcing that Tesla was open-sourcing all its patents. Submitted by: Steve Sidner Jun. 13, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 12, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 12, 2014 "Let's assume that the Conservatives are genuinely concerned about "exploited persons" - and that, being adults, sentient in the 21st century, they have no interest in punishing a demographic merely because sex is involved in its profession. "Now, let's remove sex from the equation (sorry) and imagine the state of affairs that would ensue were these same "protections" applied to a different but also legal trade. Let's pick one largely practised by women who often work alone with clients, sometimes in their own homes. "Let's get really concerned about piano teachers, who, after all, are entitled to the same protection under the law as sex workers - that is, full protection." - Tabatha Southey, on the unveiling of the Canadian Government's Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/columnists/dont-piano-teachers-deserve-the-same-protection-as-prostitutes/article19043328/] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 9, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 11, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 11, 2014 "If I knew you was going to pay me, I'da played better." - Mel Brown, blues musician, on accepting an unexpected cheque for session work. Through his career, Brown was both a bandleader and a sideman to Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Albert Collins, Willie Nelson, and other stars. Quoted by fellow musician Danny Michel in the documentary Love Lost and Found: The Story of Mel Brown. [http://lovelostandfoundmovie.com/] Submitted by: Terry Labach Jun. 6, 2014

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Quotation of the day for June 10, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 10, 2014 "They've turned a petting zoo into Auschwitz." - Lewis Black, from his comedy special, Red, White & Screwed, on farms that raise animals to be hunted on-site. In particular, Black was referring to one frequented by former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney. Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jun. 9, 2014

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