Quote of the day

The Toronto Star has a story today about the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's head, Kelly McDougald. One of the vignettes is about a gentleman who won the jackpot on a slot machine that was clearly advertised as having a maximum payout of $9,025, but the machine told him he had won $42.9 million. Of course, he's suing. But leaving the dubious merits of the lawsuit aside, I love the following statement by Ms. McDougald as reported by the Star:

"We did offer him prior to going to the media a settlement of around $10,000 in
recognition of the inconvenience and frustration that he felt as well as,
obviously, the dinner (for four) that was publicized," said McDougald. "It's
very clear in the rules and in the signage that we do not pay on malfunctions.
It could have easily said – because nobody controls technology – `you've won $42
billion.'"

Wait a minute - nobody controls technology? Good heavens! I thought the coffee maker was looking at me funny lately, and that explains a lot about Vista.

Michael Jackson thought

I rarely have those, I must admit. However, if you're going to call your tour a "final curtain call" isn't it tradition that someone should actually be calling you to the curtain? Maybe I missed that. Or maybe he should just beat it?