“The appearance of motion: it’s sad, wouldn’t you say, when this is what American business has come to.”
Robert X. Cringely, from “When Netowkrs Collide: AT&T suddenly doesn’t like Apple so much.” [pbs.org].
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“In the U.S., there is this brutal workaholic streak and the Americans are much, much more politically correct. The British deal with crises with more of a sense of humor.”
Lucy Kellaway, from The Office: how to negotiate the daily minefield [reuters.com]
Everybody outside the US always tells me I am full of it when I tell them Americans work more hours and take less vacation than anyone else on average. Now here is a Brit backing me up… I think Americans boast about how much they work and how little they sleep. It’s like a badge of honor. I know I have been and am still sometimes guilty of this. I think the Spanish have life figured out and are laughing at the rest of us during their siestas.
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Amateur Security
“We’ve opened up a new front on the war on terror. It’s an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it’s a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested — even if you did nothing wrong, and had no intention of doing anything wrong… If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn’t be surprised when you get amateur security.”
Bruce Schneier, from “The War on the Unexpected”, Schneier on Security [schneier.com]
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Act like Monkeys
“When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys…”
From Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence [sciencecodex.com] via Science Codex [sciencecodex.com]
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Cockroach Radiation
“Contrary to popular belief, not a significant amount of research goes into cockroach radiation,”
Grant Imahara (Mythbusters), from “‘Mythbusters’ test seeks to determine if cockroaches could survive a nuclear holocaust” [tri-cityherald.com], from The Tri-City Herald