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“We call things we don't understand complex, but that means we haven't found a good way of thinking about them.”

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Tsutomu Shimomura is a renowned physicist, born on October 23, 1964. He has made significant contributions to the field of quantum physics, particularly in quantum computing and quantum information theory. more

“Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.”

People Ifs Mind Country Use Action Faces Failing Media Crime Policy Succeed Destruction Property Terror Refuse Spread Terrorism Terrorist Our Country Fearful Indomitable

Author:Bruce Schneier

“Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time.”

Looks Doe Waste Tasks Accomplish Wasting Time Protocol

Book:Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C

Source: Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C

“More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.”

People Years Shows Risk Pigs Sharks

Book:Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World

Source: Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World

“No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.”

Years Confidence Offers Reviews Duplicate

Author:Bruce Schneier

“Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.”

Made Water Digital Wet Files

Author:Bruce Schneier

“Chaos is hard to create, even on the Internet. Here's an example. Go to Amazon.com. Buy a book without using SSL. Watch the total lack of chaos.”

Book Hard Watches Example Internet Chaos Amazon

Author:Bruce Schneier

“When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools with which to hang yourself, and when you do, then say it's your fault.”

Want Giving Mother Tools Faults Microsoft Prompts Downloads Disingenuous

Author:Bruce Schneier

“This is not the internet the world needs, or the internet its creators envisioned. We need to take it back. And by we, I mean the engineering community.”

World Needs Mean Community Internet Creator Engineering

Author:Bruce Schneier

“Buy American Doesn’t Sell Well Anymore Because It Means Give A Copy To The NSA”

Giving Wells Mean Sells Copies Nsa

Author:Bruce Schneier

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