There's a lot less pigeonholing in most start-up environments.

People tend to think their company will have an IPO and everyone will get rich. But for every eBay or Amazon out there, there's a lot more that go to the wayside. Options aren't everything they're cracked up to be — they're like buying a lottery ticket, except you get to influence it.

"Our duty as soldiers, is to protect humanity. Whatever the cost." -Master Chief "You say that like solidiers and humanity are two different things. Soldiers aren't machines... We're just people." -Thomas Laskey

My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think the unstoppable juggernaut which is global warming demonstrates that processing natural materials on an industrial scale is a suicidal practice.

I did the first album, and it did much better than anyone expected.

In a sense, there is no such thing as a bargain in computing. Models which are popular sell for the price they are supposed to fetch for the best part of their product cycle.