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Subject: Nine Pummel Cooley For 'Big Brother Is Watching You!' Misquote :^(
> BIG BROTHER INFOMERCIAL EDA In a fairly troubling new developement for
> EDA, OrCAD has announced eCapture, a free version of their schematic
> capture program -- but 'free' with a catch. It's hooked to the Internet
> and when it senses what types of parts you're placing, for example DSP
> chips, you'll suddenly see lots of paid ads for brands of DSP chips.
> Big Brother Infomercial EDA. Yeach. ( http://www.activeparts.com )
>
> "Big Brother Is Watching You!"
>
> - a motto from Aldous Huxley's book "1984"
From: Richard Gordon <rgordon@terasystems.com>
ARRRRGGGHHHH! John, you dissed one of my favorite authors, George Orwell,
who wrote "1984." Bummer! Please grovel publicly as you apologize to the
world.
Thank you. ;-)
- Richard Gordon
Tera Systems Campbell, CA
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From: Mustafa Altintas <altintas@Cadence.COM>
Well, who's this Huxley? I think George Orwell is the only writer
who came up with a novel title like this...
- Mustafa Altintas
Cadence
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From: Dyson Wilkes <Dyson.Wilkes@swindon.ericsson.se>
FYI
"Big Brother is Watching You!" comes from George Orwell's book '1984'.
See http://opac.lancs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/opac?1aKH+612
Huxley wrote "Brave New World" which is maybe what was in your mind?
- Dyson Wilkes
Ericsson Components Westlea, Swindon, UK
P.S. Great DAC report, thanks.
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From: Richard Steedman <Richard_Steedman@pmc-sierra.com>
The quote is indeed from "1984", but "1984" was written by George Orwell.
The book by Aldous Huxley you're probably thinking of is "Brave New World".
All the best,
- Richard Steedman
PMC-Sierra
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From: yaron kretchmer <yaron@lsil.com>
John-
Aldus Huxley didn't write "1984 ", it was George Orwell. However Aldus did
write a lot of neat stuff, the best, IMHO is "The doors of Perception".
Ciao,
- Yaron Kretchmer
LSI Logic Israel
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From: "Frank Demarest" <frank@zygo.com>
It was George Orwell's book!
- Frank Demarest
Zygo
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From: Harry Hollander <asicboy@yahoo.com>
Not to nitpick, but this is George Orwell; Huxley wrote "Brave New World".
If we let stuff like this slip, engineers might get the false label of
being focused only on their work to the exclusion of all other interests
or social interaction...
- Harry Hollander
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From: [ Synopsys Tech Support ]
Jeez! John, this is a blooper if I ever saw one! "1984" was written
by George Orwell; not Aldous Huxley!!!
- [ Synopsys Tech Support ]
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From: "Brett Bartleson" <Brett.Bartleson@COMPAQ.com>
Whoops John! Perhaps you've already realized, or heard about this mistake.
"Big Brother" is from George Orwell's "1984". Aldous Huxley wrote "A Brave
New World".
- Brett Bartleson
Compaq Computer
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