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Geek Pride Hits Boston This Weekend
The Festival is free and brought to you by Andover.Net / VA Linux, Addison-Wesley and SwitcHouse.
Also in attendance will be the esteemed Cmdr. Taco himself, Rob Malda, and Christopher Locke and David Weinberger, authors of The ClueTrain Manifesto. Listen to them address the assembled throngs, and ask questions. In addition to speakers, there will be food, chair massages, a $500 cash-prize Quake III competition, an install fest with support from the Boston Linux Users Group, and booths representing groups like Perl Mongers, the Free Software Foundation and more.
Roblimo will be there, enjoying the street party he secretly believes is being thrown for his and lovely wife Debbie's wedding anniversary, and JonKatz may be there as well. The first person to ask Katz about his dog and the manhole, then transmit a recording of his reaction to hemos, will win an as-yet-undetermined fabulous prize. If you can't make it to Boston for April Fool's Day, you can vicariously experience the gathering via downloadable video and audio, available for the same price as the festival, less the cost of getting there.
djsw
I'm really tempted to go but I'm already going to be going to Boston later in the summer to visit my grandmother and cousins and old college friends.
- tokengeekgrrl
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions
Come on guys, Andover's part of this, we should have had WAY better notice than 2 days...
I don't really get the use of the word geek either, but hey, it's like a term of pride to half my friends.
Like, "Hey, maybe i was a geek five years ago, but now that's the coolest thing to be!"
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- Natalie Portman will be within range for all the grit pouring you need. (She attends Harvard!)
- Boston baked beans make a good substitue for hot grits down the pants. As an added bonus, they taste the same even after festering in some AC's shorts all day.
- MIT might pull one of their pranks for the occasion.
What can YOU do, mere Anonymous Coward? When Rob speaks I think we should shower him with hot grits. The first person to write "First Post" on a bathroom wall will get the respect of AC's everywhere!Don't forget to bring hardware to swap!
As long as we're plugging events that are only of interest to the small fraction of Slashdot readers who live in or near a particular city, i'd like to announce that
Richard Stallman will be speaking in NYC next Monday.
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Not true. Geekpride Day is sponsered (i.e., corporate sponsership) by Andover, etc., but Geekpride Day was happening long before Andover was part of it. This isn't an Andover/VA/etc event.
Am I the only one afraid of what a thousand hackers will do when gathered into a small area on april fool's day?
Judge Pag, the Learned, Impartial, and Very Relaxed
kinds of geeks. You have computer
geeks, science geeks, hardware geeks, etc.
Geeks and nerds are
getting all this publicity,
but what about us space-cadets?
It's suddenly so cool to be a geek.
I suggest all you geeks remember
what it was like before you were
cool -- being a space-cadet still isn't
thought of as cool, even by the geek and
nerd populations, although its coolness does
happen to be on the rise.
A note to Rob -- please change "news for nerds"
to "news for nerds and space-cadets".
Amazing magic tricks
Oddly enough, i was already planning on taking a vacation to Boston this weekend. I'll have to stop by.
:P
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Hand me that airplane glue and I'll tell you another story.
"Geek Pride" my ass. What a ridiculous crock of shit. Thousands of at-least-semi-intelligent young men, most of whom can't get laid, all standing around and telling themselves they're the master race because they know how to configure sendmail.
If geek pride didn't involve inventing bogus excuses to sneer at everybody else, I might be able to take it seriously.
Furthermore, the prospect of meeting Eric "You're Endangering My Tribe" Raymond is about as appealing as a headwound.
Even if I did want to play Professional Geek this weekend, I can't: I've got to be in the office. I've got code to write.
"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law." --
Well, I was considering stopping by, but I guess I'm still not grown-up enough. Sucks.
is it just me or considering the short notice as well as the timing of this event perhaps a very complex april fools joke (i know it starts on the day before) but that would be pretty amusing to all those who chose not to attend to discover that all these geeks show up with their laptops only to be told "april fools" so they just go over to MIT and utilize their ethernet connection for a Quake 3 tourney anyways, no prize though
i gues i have answered my own question here-even if it is a joke it doesnt matter-get enough geeks together and well figger out a way to have fun (in our own geeky way)
latre
-eric
umm..no dimwit. suns HQ is in burlington. take a bus from alewife T station to get to it. its 4 bldgs and looks like a university campus. waay kewl.
'IF I EVER MEET THE "IF I EVER MEET YOU I WILL KICK YOUR ASS" GUY, I WILL KICK HIS ASS'
Hey, that's *almost* a quine! And in Flamebait's clothing!
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
I used to work for Prof. Pentland, and he's definately a good guy to hang out with, not to mention having a packed head (as Ender would say).
However, when I first heard of this thing via the MediaLab mailing lists, I had to wonder about the sanity of those involved. Or, at least, the common sense.
I mean, the Lab has done some really strange stuff over the years (anyone remember the original "fashion-show-with-wearable-computers"?), but I have to say, getting a group of nationwide geeks together is kinda weird. I mean, when I used to work there, you already had the biggest bunch of geeks together in one place.
Oh well, I'll probably fly cross-country to get there just for giggle (and to see my friends).
Fight advice: Check out the specials from the various airlines starting today for flights leaving early Saturday morning and returning Sunday or Monday. I can usually catch a flight from SFO to BOS for about $300 or so. I got used to seeing $150 from most East Coast cities for such a jaunt. And, when you're there, buy a 3-day T pass. It's cheap, and Boston has excellent public transporation.
Tourist Advice: go to RedBones in Davis Square (off the Red Line) for some tasty BBQ. Check out the MIT Museum for some randomly nerdy exhibits and a cool display of MIT hacks memorabilia. Go to E.L.I. computing on hampshire st in cambridge for a look at all the wonderful old recycled computer parts (they used to be the only place I could find PDP-11 parts). And, of course, go see the Boston Computer Museum (conveniently next to the Children's Museum).
Have fun!
-Erik
There are always four sides to every story: your side, their side, the truth, and what really happened.
I wish I could go, but I can't make it cause I'm too stupid to properly plan anything. Maybe I'll see ya'll next year...
Someone previously said, "This is a crock, lots of young men who couldn't get laid, and who are getting together to sneer at other people." (the quote isn't exact but I'm sure you can find that post). I wanted to go to geek pride to:
1. Here the band Everyone. If you've ever played a video game in your life, you will *LOVE* this band. They're really cool ^^
2. Most of ya'll use Unix, but I swear to God, I know Windows 98 like the back of my hand (kind of dry, needs lotion, breaks every time someone takes a hammer to it) and I'm damn good with Active Server Pages. I'd love to meet any closet Windows geeks =)
3. Maybe there will be lots of young men who can't get laid. Who cares? If there were girls at Geek Pride, I'd rather talk to them to find out what makes them fall into the geek category instead of hit on them.
4. Why sneer at anybody? Geek- or non-geek-involved sneering, either way, is pointless. You don't have to sneer at another group of people to have a good time...
If you do go to Geek Pride, have fun for me... I'll be right here randomly uploading slashdot as usual. I'll join ya next time...
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Alex Pentland, academic head of the MIT Media Lab he is, and Eric S. Raymond (ESR), software evangelist and straight-shooting author of some of the Free sofware world's most influential essays he is, be there they will. If you zero dollars (or the equivalent in lire, persos, krugerands, galactic credits, ec.) can cough up and Boston on Friday (31st March) or Saturday (1st April) get to, well met at the 3rd annual Geek Pride Festival you will be. Free and brought to you by Andover.Net / VA Linux, Addision Wesley, and SwitcHouse the Festival is.
In attendance the esteemed Cmdr. Taco himself, Rob Malda he is, and Christopher Locke and David Weinberger, authors of The ClueTrain Manifesto they are, will be. The assembled throngs listen to them address, and questions ask. Food, chair massages, Quake II competition for $500 cash prize it is, support from the Boston Linux Users Group an install fest with, and booths groups like Perl Mongers, the Free Software Foundation, and more representing they are, in addition to speakers there will be.
Be there Roblimo will. The street party is thrown for his and his lovely wife Debbie's wedding anniversay believes he, and enjoy it he will. Be there Jon Katz may as well. The first person to about his dog and the manhole ask Katz and to hemos transmit a recording of his reaction win an as-yet-undertermined fabulous prize he will. For April Fool's make it to Boston. Do not make it and experience vicariously the gathering via downloadable video and audio -- for the same price as the festival less the cost of getting there, available it is. There is no try to make it.
Hey, I can get together the fee in zorkmids! Can I come?
"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban
A few points for clarity:
1) I wrote and posted the article. I hope Rob likes it, but I have no telepathic link to him. No one at VA knows me in particular, or how to reach me any better than the rest of the world does, since my email address is public knowledge.
2) Related to that last part, it would be pretty hard (and silly) for slashdot to ignore things that are related to VA Linux. The fact is, like Red Hat (and General Motors, and the Crips), VA does a lot of stuff. If we did ignore anything related to VA, it would mean not talking about projected hosted by sourceforge, or about VA buying other companies, for good or for ill.
See conspiracies where you will, of course, but q) bad-mouthing Rob really doesn't make sense here that I can see and w) our story choices aren't perfect, but they're hardly made by puppetmaster VA evil geniuses.
Thanks for considering,
timothy
jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
pronoblem
If you attend, make sure to stop by the MIT Coop and pick up some pocket protectors. They have some that say: MIT Nerd Pride Which are very very very cool.
You guys might want to point out that it's presented by Andover.Net and VA Linux, who are the owners of Slashdot. I know, in this case it's something they're sponsoring, not something they're trying to promote and make money from -- but now that Slashdot is sponsored by the big boys, you guys should start putting a disclosure statement in things involving Slashdot ownership.
Btw, for those of you like me who have no hope of making it on such short notice, I saw this on the site:
I highly recommend the use of public transportation during your stay in Boston. As a Massachusetts resident who lives 25 miles south of the city, I know that traffic in Boston can be horrendous, particularly on the Central Artery (I-93) in the morning and afternoon (especially when there is an event at the FleetCenter). Taking a taxi can be rather expensive, and driving around and finding places to park is quite a hassle.
Boston's public transportation system, the MBTA (known to us as "The T"), is reliable, clean, safe, and inexpensive (fare = $0.85, one of the few cities where you can take public transportation for less than a dollar). If you're coming from Logan Airport, take a Blue Line train inbound to Government Center and change over there to the Green Line. Take a southbound train to the Boylston Street stop. The Park Plaza castle is about two blocks away from the T station.
Hope that helps. If you've never visited the Commonwealth before, I wouldn't recommend driving here. We're notorious for road rage and poor driving skills.
Enjoy your stay in Boston!
awkwardone
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If this interests you, check out Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter.
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Flying into Providence and/or trying to find a hotel in Providence may be a bad idea. The NCAA Ice Hockey final 4 is in Providence, is sold out, and is probably occupying a goodly number of hotel rooms in Providence.
Yes, a geek who actually knows about sports. Kinda amazing, isn't it?
Me too. A little too close...
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Being on topic now, This geek pride thing sounds interesting, but there is another event of earth-shattering importance coming up soon, and it IS an april fools' day joke: NATIONAL ATHEISTS' DAY IS APRIL 1ST! ("And the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God")
-- Religion is a major weapon in the war against reality.
I agree. Geeks being proud of their alleged intellectual superiority is just as repugnant as whites being proud of their alleged genetic superiority. Would Slashdot advertise "White Pride day"?
-- Religion is a major weapon in the war against reality.
I followed the link to esr's gun nut page. I have to say I have never seen somebody so thrilled at their ability to put "big-slow-bullet"s into human-figured target's hearts and heads.
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
The bad news: last year, the Computer Museum merged with the Museum of Science and moved out of Museum Wharf. The Children's Museum, I believe, has since expanded to take over the space.
The good news: I haven't been to the Museum of Science since the move, but I believe quite a few of the Computer Museum exhibits are now up and running in their new home. So it's a nice twofer when you go there. It's right on the Green Line. And the MoS is, I think, one of the better ones of it's kind in the country.
(not to mention the great parties Ingram used to throw there during Macworld back before they split for NYC)
Special Boston museum bonus: the penguins at the New England Aquarium. Go see them. For some strange reason, none of them really resemble Tux that much...
And there's a Franklin Covey store pretty close to the Castle (in the Prudential Center mall), where you can get all sorts of goodies and software for your Palm if the urge strikes you.
Finally, besides the excellent Redbones mentioned in the previous post, the Castle is also fairly close to Boston's Chinatown, where there is good eatin' to be had.
- -Josh Turiel
-- Josh Turiel
"2. Do not eat iPod Shuffle."
It's unrealistic to expect slashdot, a software-centric site to cover all stuff relating to nerds and geeks like us.
/.ers have set up geeky.org running Scoop (not slashcode) for the true range of geeky stuff. Get your early #'ed account now!
I don't know about geeky being cool; it seems cool here because we're all geeks! Out in RL it's really not as hot as hollywood makes it out to be. Yes, Jon Katz, we're still a persecuted minority! And what are YOU doing about it?
*slap*
Thanks, I needed that.
Anyhow, a couple of us
Not much there yet, but we plan to fix that in the next day or so. Feel free to submit something.
-JD
This is exciting in a geek kind of way. I'm not used to living somewhere with stuff actually going on.
;)
And to be honest, I'm kind of glad this wasn't posted two weeks ago on Slashdot -- there were limited tickets for the party Friday night and I might not have gotten any!
This ought to be even more interesting than IBM's Bar Code thing a few weeks ago that Michael De Icaza spoke at. Hmmmm... free food, free beer and legos. Doesn't get much better than that!
Are the chickens included for geeking?
sarcasm=TRUE
Maybe they could give lessons on how to encrypt well.
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You mean, something like:
The Festival is free and brought to you by Andover.Net / VA Linux, Addison-Wesley and SwitcHouse?
Emphasis mine.
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I live on Columbus Ave, not to far from the Castle, where it all takes place!!
Nor do I claim to get laid all that damn often
That's not the point. This thing strikes me as trumped-up self-congratulatory nonsense, is all.
"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law." --
I'm just going for the opportunity to leer at all you delicious he-geeks...mmm yeah! Should be better than the MarketPro Computer Show crowd at the Capitol Expo Center.
I bin plannin dis fo' months!
--mandi
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People like you said, it's just your bitching.
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Did you get the Y2K bug fixes completed?
Sorry, it just slipped out.
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This "geek" elitist's bullshit is getting old. I enjoy reading slashdot (at a >=1 threshold mind you) for the intellectual insight of posters, however the Slashdot team along with the Mr. Katz and others are continuously trying to present this "we are different we are superior" crap for too long.
I'm running an event at UBCon this weekend...
Have fun storming the castle!
Your Working Boy,
I live in Boston (Dorchester), and take the T daily. The Green Line is the oldest line on the T, and crowds are frequent (even on weekends, and especially if there is an event at the Fleet Center).
Put my clarinet beneath your bed 'till I get back in town.
BLU announced it in February.
Put my clarinet beneath your bed 'till I get back in town.
I thought the purpose of being a geek is that you don't have to conform to everybody else. You don't have to fit a social stero-type. You are different. If this is you're definiton of "geek" then I am one. (no, computers don't make or not make you a geek, it's you.)
However, if we are just another social-stero-typable group, then, I am not a geek. I think we've lost the whole point of being a "geek", to me, at least, it was always that you did things _your_ way, not everybody elses. I guess not, it seems we now blindly follow ESR, RMS and, even TacoBoy himself.
I cannot support anything that would impose a stero-type upon myself. Therefore, I do not believe in, or support "geek-pride." I've got better things to do besides try to gain acceptence into a system similar to that I've fought for the greater part of my life.
Grades, Social Life, Sleep....Pick Two.
--Justin Mitchell
"2nd Place is a fancy word for losing" --Bender (Futurama)
At the risk of being flamed to death, can it
get any lamer than "geek pride"? If I was
gay I might show up to a "gay pride" event,
but I certainly wouldn't show up to a "geek pride" event, I just don't think geeks are in quite the
same boat.
Not that I have anything against gay's, but
do you really want to equate "geek" with
"gay"? Do you want to say that being a geek is
the same as being gay? (I don't think so) I would think those that
are gay might have something to say about this.
You can be heterosexual
or homosexual (or bisexual, or whatever) and be a geek, but being a geek doesn't
determine your sexual preference. Being a geek
might determine "how often" you get sex, but not
with "whom" you have sex!
My first impression of the term "geek pride" indicates that all the geeks who participate are homosexual; however "gay pride" doesn't indicate to me at all whether the participants are geeks or not. Perhaps this is intentional?
Derry
You just wish your ID was as low as mine! I used to be proud to have such a low id, but not so much now. Slashdot most
Gay lions, perhaps? (roaar :)
"...our story choices aren't perfect, but they're hardly made by puppetmaster VA evil geniuses." :-)
Perhaps they could do better. Or at least post them while they're still news.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
Someone please actually read the above and change the moderation to "funny".
Feel free to keep moderating down all the "grits" posts, though.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
Why do we need a festival to be proud of being geeks? Seems to me that there must be a lot of insecure people around here if they really feel the need to have a "geek pride" festival. (And yes, by "around here" I mean that I live near Boston)
Too me this whole thing is just another reminder that as a society we are still way too hung up on labeling people. I'll use myself as an example. I've got 7 pc's in my apartment, I work for a software company, and I like to play quake and run linux in my spare time. So does that make me a geek? But wait, my degree is in mechanical engineering. Oh no, I must be a nerd. And by the way I fix my own car and regularly go to classic car shows. We'll I guess I'm a gearhead now. But then again I also have a vacuum tube stereo and am looking into vinyl. So I must actually be an audiophile. But then again I also like to hike and backpack. We'll damn, I must be an outdoorsy hippie. Oh and I also like target shooting. Oops, looks like I'm actually a right-wing gun nut. Labels, labels labels...
You can have your "geek party," but I think I'll go to the bar down the street for a few beers with friends instead. I'd invite the whole Slashdot crowd, but I'm going to leave my "Hello I'm a geek" nametag at home so you'll never find me.
-JeremyH
Are there any event's scheduled for friday? -Geoff
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Flying to Manchester, NH (MHT) is also an option - and is sometimes cheaper than even Providence. Busses run frequently between the Manchester airport and Boston. It's only about a 1 hour trip.
Local geeks know this trick well - saves us hundreds or thousands annually.
"I'm The Bounty Bear. I will find him anywhere. I'm searching."
And arguably a true geek would spend all night figuring them out.
When we start splitting hairs about who's a "geek" and who's not, that's where I draw the line. This is precisely what's annoying me about the whole thing.
The difference between "geek pride" and for example "gay pride" is that gays asserted "gay pride" at a time when they were defined as criminals just for living their lives; it took some balls to get out in the streets about it. "Geeks" invented "geek pride" after we got acceptance and stock options. BFD.
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If you haven't seen the banner ad, then all of Andover.net's adverstisers should probably start worrying about the exposure they're getting for their money.
Sometime last year. They wre bought I believe by the Museum of science. I heard that the Museum of
science was supposed to be installing some of the Computer Museum's exhibits but I haven't been to the Museum of science in a long while.
The Blue Line smells like peepee.
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Alone, that is. Why so serious? Do you think that anyone in their right mind is going to this event for anything more or less than a good time? You like Quake, you like Linux, but you're too cool to hang out with others for an afternoon who feel likewise? No comprendes! Whose the poseur here?
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Has a major section on the history of hacks at
MIT, many of the pre-computer ones.
Also an interesting exhibit of kinetic art.
Note: the MIT Museum is not on the main campus,
but a couple blocks up Mass Ave (#265 Mass Ave).
Do you think they would try to explain to people who had a clue?
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...but only because I have to find a home.
I don't give a damn about this stupid little event. It's a Linux-centric bullshit marketing toy. Now, in case people didn't know, I've been using Linux for a little over 5 years. Maybe closer to 6. And I'm totally disillusioned with Linux at this point. Kernel bugs aren't getting fixed for many versions - critical ones in the NCR 53c8xx driver, mind you - and people don't seem to care.
I have to be in Boston to find a home. I'm going to be there later tonight. And on Friday, I'm going to be all over the damn Cambridge suburbs looking for a home. And then on Saturday, I'm going to be looking all over as well.
The ONLY chance you have of finding me at this Geek Pride crap is so that I can manage to get in and ask ESR when he's going to give Microsoft his "seal of approval," since it's always seemed to be available to the highest bidder. Maybe he'll be a little less cocky, seeing as VA Linux's stock price is pretty much FREEFALLING. (Fairly surprising, seeing as their financials are doing fairly well, and they just signed up some major customers.)
BAH! Geek Pride? Maybe I'll stop by just to see how many lusers show up...
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Think they were talking about Microsystems Software of CyberPatrol fame and not Sun Microsystems.
"So many ways to skin a cat, and still everyone uses a great big knife."
First: "Geek Pride" implies "Gay"? How do you figure? Since when do only homosexuals have, or have need to show, pride?
:P'
Second: I wouldn't go so far as to say the situations are the same. Homosexuals are treated poorly because of irrational fears, misguided 'moral' stances, and insecurity - and because they make a good target for fear and hatred - the legal stance on them is still divided. The basic problem that geeks to have in common with homosexuals is the constant implication that what they are isn't right, or that they should feel obligated to change themselves to meet people's expectations.
There are differences in extent and causes, of course - homosexuals are persecuted, even if we as a group like to believe we're more enlightened by now. Geeks are merely misunderstood, and often not because of their interests and ideas, but because of poor social skills. The basic idea of the Geek Pride event still holds, however - these people who have one thing in common - being identified as geeks - have a right to be proud of themselves and who and what they are in spite of what they have probably heard from peers. The reason it's called a "Geek Pride" event rather than just a "Geek Social" is because pride is an important issue here - Geeks are often taught to be ashamed of their geekiness - being among others who have some common experience is a chance to deny that and have some fun in the process.
In short, get over it.
Bow-ties are cool.
No, thats early May (I'll be moving. damn.)
And don't worry your pretty little head about anyone connecting this event with Pride. (I believe the most recent complete title is Gay Lesbian Bisexual Trans and Allies, but I could be wrong) There's no way that a couple hundred computer types hanging arround inside swapping source will ever be mistaken for a week long event culminating with tens of thousands of people spanning every age, race and gender marching through boston for a big ass party on the Common.
Frankly, I'd call it "GeekFest" instead of a pride event, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
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[T]his is the city that is known
for the expression "You can't get there from here"
Sorry, that is a Mainer saying, used in the 60's comedy routine Bert & I by Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan. Close, but not quite.
Though I agree driving around Boston can be painful -- especially if you are looking for a place to park under $8/hr.
That's when my road rage sets in, I can tell you. ("Resident Parking Only" monsters - I will smite you all.)
Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it.