"Yeah, I thought voluntarily cutting it in half might be good—I’d like to see the Collaboratory’s budget cut about in half—but it’s a better and stronger gesture if you just refuse your pay altogether. You refuse to take government pay until the lab is put back in order. That’s a great conclusion, it shows you’re really serious and it gets you out with a punch, and a nice hot sound bite. Then you sit back and watch the fireworks."