Not merely a system - a way of life.

The bombing in the London underground has inspired the same head up our asses headlines in the Province that happened after 9/11, whereby we are instructed to demand more "security" but yet still no more intelligent action from our politicians. Who cares why "they" might bomb us - let's just kill "them" before they do! If one single tax dollar goes towards more glorified crossing guards at Skytrain stations I'm buying a Humvee and driving it into Translink headquarters.

Kotaku posted a series of quotes by Playstation honcho and apparent Machiavellian maestro Ken Kutaragi, with a few made up ones. See if you can spot which are real and which are fake (regular readers to this site will know one already).

Answers in comments.

* “Beating us for a short moment is like accidentally winning a point from a Shihan (Karate master), and Microsoft is still not a black belt. Just like with their operating systems, they might come out with something good around the third generation of their release.”

* “I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world. Nobody would criticize a renowned architect’s blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong. It’s the same as that.”

* “Microsoft shoots for the moon. Sony shoots for the sun.”

* “With the PS3, our intentions have been to create a machine with supercomputer calculation capabilities for home entertainment.”

* PS3 is “for consumers to think to themselves ‘I will work more hours to buy one’. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else.”

* “The PS3 will instill discipline in our children and adults alike. Everyone will know discipline.”

* “Microsoft is trailing behind us, but they are not a threat. They are good at improving [on products], but we will be advancing to the next level with revolutionary technology.”

* “We’re not going to equip [the PS3 with] a HDD by default, because no matter how much [capacity] we put in it, it won’t be enough.”

I've been watching the Quicktime videos of Live 8 performances (reported on Stereogum, Screenhead, and others). Pretty neat stuff. Although why is Toby Keith performing at Live 8? Did he lose his way to the Let's Bomb the Middle East rally?

The 8th part of Hotel has finally gone up.

posted by Thomas @ 17:02