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" We don't have to live up to our computer. "
Ellen Ullman
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" Internet voting is surely coming. Though online ballots cannot be made secure, though the problems of voter authentication and privacy will remain unsolvable, I suspect we'll go ahead and do it anyway. "
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" It has occurred to me that if people really knew how software got written, I'm not sure they'd give their money to a bank or get on an airplane ever again. "
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" I hate to see capable, smart people out of work - young or old. "
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" I'm a pessimist. But I think I'd describe my pessimism as broken-hearted optimism. "
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" Through the miracle of natural genetic recombination, each child, with the sole exception of an identical twin, is conceived as a unique being. Even the atmosphere of the womb works its subtle changes, and by the time we emerge into the light, we are our own persons. "
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