The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

Portability should be the default.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

When the spirit of nature touches us, our hearts turn into a butterfly!

How now, spirit, whither wander you?

Hell is more like boredom, or not having enough to do, and too much time to contemplate one's deficiencies.

If the code does indeed have some logical foundation then it is legitimate to consider all the evidence, both good and bad, in any attempt to deduce it.

I like the atmosphere. You can't beat it when you're introduced. I like making a play and hearing the fans scream. I like the physical as well as the emotional aspect, especially when you win.

People sometimes see an image and without knowing the surrounding patterns draw false conclusions.

You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.

Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

I never questioned Barack Obama's patriotism.

It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented perspective.