Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code.

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.

One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion.

I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot.

Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

Defect-free software does not exist.

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

Windows favors multi-threading, which means that a service is implemented by one single process.

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

Sure, but competition is good for the user.

Until you can see it in your mind, you will not see it with your eyes. Vision precedes sight.

The greatest souls have survived deep distress and mental-ill health.

I had a real life completely separate from beliefs, from the common reality made up of shared beliefs...

Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.

There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.

I am a closet metal fan.

I believe the default position in life is liberalism. You have to work at being a Conservative.

Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.

Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.