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“Computers and mobile devices are becoming known for their inherent insecurities and the ability to damage the long term health of the users.”

“We worried for decades about WMDs – Weapons of Mass Destruction. Now it is time to worry about a new kind of WMDs – Weapons of Mass Disruption.”

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Author:John Mariotti

“Dat had niemand gedacht, dat Christus terug zal komen als malware, als een worm, als het meest ingenieuze computervirus dat ooit bestaan heeft. (...) Maar als je de Bijbel goed leest, als je Openbaringen bestudeert, dan kun je daar eigenlijk al lezen dat Christus terug zal keren als een bestand”

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Book:Het bestand

Source: Het bestand

“The oldest computer hardware I worked on was in professional astronomy.”

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Author:Steven Magee

“Our examination of computer viruses leads us to the conclusion that they are very close to what we might define as "artificial life." Rather than representing a scientific achievement, this probably represents a flaw in our definition.”

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Author:Gene Spafford

“There is nothing - no program, no hobby, no vice, no crime - that does not 'create jobs'. Tsunamis, computer viruses and shooting convenience store clerks all 'create jobs'. So that claim misses the plot; it applies to all so is an argument in favor of none. Instead of an argument on the merits, it is an admission that one has no such arguments.”

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Author:Chris Horner

“In our interconnected world, novel technology could empower just one fanatic, or some weirdo with a mindset of those who now design computer viruses, to trigger some kind of disaster. Indeed, catastrophe could arise simply from technical misadventure - error rather than terror.”

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

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Book:Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

Source: Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking

“I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking

“It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking

“We've created life in our own image.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking

“Writing a computer virus program is child's play. Any fool can do it, which is why the silly little twerps who do have nothing to be proud of.”

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Author:Richard Dawkins

“Computer viruses are alive.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking

“I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses.”

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Author:Kevin Mitnick

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”

“In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to another computer, you're linking up to every computer that that computer has ever linked up to.”

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Author:Dennis Miller

“Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it.”

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Book:A Devil's Chaplain

Source: A Devil's Chaplain

“The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.”

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Author:Gene Spafford

“[Computer viruses] switch from one country to another, from one jurisdiction to another - moving around the world, using the fact that we don't have the capability to globally police operations like this. So the Internet is as if someone [had] given free plane tickets to all the online criminals of the world.”

“The problem of viruses is temporary and will be solved in two years.”

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Author:John McAfee

“I think computer viruses should count as life.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking