“The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.” WayGovernmentTeacherTruth IsComputerNewspapersOnlineCompetentCdsDatabasesGovernment Work Author:Clifford Stoll
“As you study computer science you develop this wonderful mental acumen, particularly with relational databases, systems analysis, and artificial intelligence.” ScienceStudyWonderfulComputerAnalysisArtificial IntelligenceArtificialComputer ScienceDatabasesAcumenSystems Analysis Author:Frederick Lenz
“Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.” HelpingSecurityProductsComputerWesternDefeatAgencyAlsOccupationAfghanistanConspiracy80sFilesCiaBin LadenSaudisJihadDatabasesMiscalculationsMujahideen Author:Robin Cook
“Letting agencies are unregulated. They charge a search fee, which in some cases can run into several hundred pounds, but the search consists of no more than checking through a computer database to see whether they have any properties for that person.” PersonsRunningCasesComputerHundredPropertyAgencyPoundsFeesDatabases Author:Jeremy Corbyn
“The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security numbers and financial information and health records, and about critical infrastructure being insecure.” SocialNumbersRecordsWeekSecurityDangerousInformationInternetComputerFinancialCriticalHorribleMessInsecureSocial SecurityInfrastructureBreachDatabasesBeing Insecure Author:Matt Blaze
“It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine after a day of toiling over computer databases in a smoke-free, noise-free newsroom.” TodayYoungWhiteComputerWineGlassesNewspapersNoiseSmokeReportersSolemnNursingFittingDatabasesToilingWhite WineNewspaper ReportersYesteryear Author:Russell Baker