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Cory Doctorow quotes: It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making. It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.
Cory Doctorow quotes: When in problem, or in doubt, run in cirles, scream and shout When in problem, or in doubt, run in cirles, scream and shout
Cory Doctorow quotes: It was the fact that there was all this terrible stuff and no one seemed to be able to do anything about it. It was the fact that there was all this terrible stuff and no one seemed to be able to do anything about it.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out. The Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction's most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale. Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction's most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor. Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.
Cory Doctorow quotes: We don't care about what you did yesterday - we care about what you're going to do tomorrow. We don't care about what you did yesterday - we care about what you're going to do tomorrow.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face
Cory Doctorow quotes: When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
Cory Doctorow quotes: the most expensive champagne in the world is cheap when compared with inkjet ink, which costs all of a penny a gallon to make wholesale. the most expensive champagne in the world is cheap when compared with inkjet ink, which costs all of a penny a gallon to make wholesale.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Take it from someone who's read the Wikipedia entry: this is how the Ottoman Empire was won: madden horsemen fueled by lethal jet-black coffee-mud. Take it from someone who's read the Wikipedia entry: this is how the Ottoman Empire was won: madden horsemen fueled by lethal jet-black coffee-mud.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The first casualty of any battle is the plan of attack. The first casualty of any battle is the plan of attack.
Cory Doctorow quotes: We have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead. We have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Any outfit that can't figure out clean toilets and decent theming on its own can't benefit from my advice. Any outfit that can't figure out clean toilets and decent theming on its own can't benefit from my advice.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Complaining about the universe's unfairness is never part of a successful strategy. Complaining about the universe's unfairness is never part of a successful strategy.
Cory Doctorow quotes: But if you're not prepared to learn from the teachers that life gives you, you'll always be ignorant. But if you're not prepared to learn from the teachers that life gives you, you'll always be ignorant.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I mean, you can't be a revolutionary after the revolution, can you? Didn't we all struggle so that kids like Lil wouldn't have to? I mean, you can't be a revolutionary after the revolution, can you? Didn't we all struggle so that kids like Lil wouldn't have to?
Cory Doctorow quotes: Communism is an interesting thing to do, nothing I ever want to be. Communism is an interesting thing to do, nothing I ever want to be.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I'm not magic. You lead yourselves. I'm not magic. You lead yourselves.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Where there's life, there's hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot. Where there's life, there's hope. Living people can change things, dead people cannot.
Cory Doctorow quotes: He's a sucking chest wound of a human being. But if you're going to have a jailer, better a clueless one than one who's really on the ball. He's a sucking chest wound of a human being. But if you're going to have a jailer, better a clueless one than one who's really on the ball.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit. Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit.
Cory Doctorow quotes: So close the book and go. The world is full of security systems. Hack one of them. So close the book and go. The world is full of security systems. Hack one of them.
Cory Doctorow quotes: It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do. It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.
Cory Doctorow quotes: These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales. These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Somewhere, in a distant land he barely knew the name of, people had stopped buying washing machines, and so his city had died. Somewhere, in a distant land he barely knew the name of, people had stopped buying washing machines, and so his city had died.
Cory Doctorow quotes: This life is real too. We're communicating aren't we? This life is real too. We're communicating aren't we?
Cory Doctorow quotes: The future's a weirder place than we thought it would be when we were little kids. The future's a weirder place than we thought it would be when we were little kids.
Cory Doctorow quotes: It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction. It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free-and we're not. Guess who's winning the war on terror? Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free-and we're not. Guess who's winning the war on terror?
Cory Doctorow quotes: It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy. It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Your problem is, you're trying to understand it. You need to just do it. Your problem is, you're trying to understand it. You need to just do it.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Any time you had a cipher, you were vulnerable to someone smarter than you coming up with a way of breaking it. Any time you had a cipher, you were vulnerable to someone smarter than you coming up with a way of breaking it.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal. Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal.
Cory Doctorow quotes: For me for pretty much every writer the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity. For me
for pretty much every writer
the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity.
Cory Doctorow quotes: It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time. It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it. The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions. Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions.
Cory Doctorow quotes: If you want to double your success rate, triple your failure rate. If you want to double your success rate, triple your failure rate.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you're really having a deep relationship with it. Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you're really having a deep relationship with it.
Cory Doctorow quotes: What's the point of a houseful of books you've already read? What's the point of a houseful of books you've already read?
Cory Doctorow quotes: Utopia is impossible; everyone who isn't a utopian is a shmuck. Utopia is impossible; everyone who isn't a utopian is a shmuck.
Cory Doctorow quotes: We roared. We were one big animal throat, roaring. We roared. We were one big animal throat, roaring.
Cory Doctorow quotes: if it's not in my email archive, I don't know it if it's not in my email archive, I don't know it
Cory Doctorow quotes: I want to just DO SOMETHING instead of ask someone else to start a process to investigate the possibility of someday possibly maybe doing something. I want to just DO SOMETHING instead of ask someone else to start a process to investigate the possibility of someday possibly maybe doing something.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about. Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.
Cory Doctorow quotes: It may be hard to monetize fame, but it is impossible to monetize obscurity. It may be hard to monetize fame, but it is impossible to monetize obscurity.
Cory Doctorow quotes: He had them as spellbound as a room full of Ewoks listening to C-3PO. He had them as spellbound as a room full of Ewoks listening to C-3PO.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Content," huh? Ha! Where's the container? Content," huh? Ha! Where's the container?
Cory Doctorow quotes: The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world. The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing. Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.
Cory Doctorow quotes: This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy. This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Giant letters march across the dome of the sky: HOME NOT FOUND. Huw, who knows Comic Sans when she sees it, winces in mild disgust. Giant letters march across the dome of the sky: HOME NOT FOUND. Huw, who knows Comic Sans when she sees it, winces in mild disgust.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I'd rather be a criminal underground than a secret police. I'd rather be a criminal underground than a secret police.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Beneath the red crosses was another insignia: CHP. California Highway Patrol. They were State Troopers. Beneath the red crosses was another insignia: CHP. California Highway Patrol. They were State Troopers.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The law didn't care if you were actually doing anything bad; they were willing to put you under the microscope just for being statistically abnormal. The law didn't care if you were actually doing anything bad; they were willing to put you under the microscope just for being statistically abnormal.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff. Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow quotes: So far, I've managed to spend more time free than behind bars. Paranoia is my friend. So far, I've managed to spend more time free than behind bars. Paranoia is my friend.
Cory Doctorow quotes: the momentous arises only from the trivial. the momentous arises only from the trivial.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Everything good in the world comes from the efforts of people who came before us. Everything good in the world comes from the efforts of people who came before us.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I felt one hundred feet tall, made of solid gold, and on fire. I felt one hundred feet tall, made of solid gold, and on fire.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I've always loved just learning stuff for its own sake. Just to be smarter about the world around me. I've always loved just learning stuff for its own sake. Just to be smarter about the world around me.
Cory Doctorow quotes: If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The companies are multinationalwhy should labor still stick to borders? The companies are multinational
why should labor still stick to borders?
Cory Doctorow quotes: Skipping school isn't a crime. It's an infraction. They're totally different. Skipping school isn't a crime. It's an infraction. They're totally different.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks. Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I had spoken to the universe, and the universe hadn't given a damn. I had spoken to the universe, and the universe hadn't given a damn.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The important thing about security systems isn't how they work, it's how they fail. The important thing about security systems isn't how they work, it's how they fail.
Cory Doctorow quotes: For decades, computers have been helping us to remember, but now it's time for them to help us to ignore. For decades, computers have been helping us to remember, but now it's time for them to help us to ignore.
Cory Doctorow quotes: The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot. The accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Of course, it couldn't last. Those whom the gods would destroy utterly, they first give a taste of heaven. Of course, it couldn't last. Those whom the gods would destroy utterly, they first give a taste of heaven.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Sysadmins don't take holidays Sysadmins don't take holidays
Cory Doctorow quotes: The difference between reading a story and studying a story is the difference between living the story and killing the story and looking at its guts. The difference between reading a story and studying a story is the difference between living the story and killing the story and looking at its guts.
Cory Doctorow quotes: You want to be in charge of your machines, you have to learn to write code. You want to be in charge of your machines, you have to learn to write code.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Like all security, privacy is hard. Like all security, privacy is hard.
Cory Doctorow quotes: my problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity my problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity
Cory Doctorow quotes: Internet Explorer, Microsoft's crashware turd that no one under the age of forty used voluntarily. Internet Explorer, Microsoft's crashware turd that no one under the age of forty used voluntarily.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I choose YouTube over telly. I choose YouTube over telly.
Cory Doctorow quotes: S security expert Bruce Schneier has said, Making bits harder to copy is like making water that's less wet. S security expert Bruce Schneier has said, Making bits harder to copy is like making water that's less wet.
Cory Doctorow quotes: All secrets are deep. All secrets become dark. That is in the nature of secrets All secrets are deep. All secrets become dark. That is in the nature of secrets
Cory Doctorow quotes: A number is random if the simplest way to express it is by writing it down. A number is random if the simplest way to express it is by writing it down.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Digital Distribution and the Whip Hand: Don't Get iTunesed with your eBooks Digital Distribution and the Whip Hand: Don't Get iTunesed with your eBooks
Cory Doctorow quotes: If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block? If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block?
Cory Doctorow quotes: What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning! What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning!
Cory Doctorow quotes: Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy. Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy.
Cory Doctorow quotes: It is not gender, nor age, nor race, but your ability to work hard at what you love. It is not gender, nor age, nor race, but your ability to work hard at what you love.
Cory Doctorow quotes: I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my heightteenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature. I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my height
teenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Run in circles, scream and shout, Run in circles, scream and shout,
Cory Doctorow quotes: Content isn't king. Conversation is. Content isn't king. Conversation is.
Cory Doctorow quotes: We were dancing, lost in the godbeat and the thrash and the screamingTAKE IT BACK! TAKE IT BACK! We were dancing, lost in the godbeat and the thrash and the screaming
TAKE IT BACK! TAKE IT BACK!
Cory Doctorow quotes: It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions. It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Otto von Bismarck quipped, Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. Otto von Bismarck quipped, Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Marcus is a great example of that way of thinking. He's always looking for ways a security system fails. Marcus is a great example of that way of thinking. He's always looking for ways a security system fails.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Dude, estoy aqui por loco, no por pendejo, which was the punch line to the funniest Spanish joke I knew. Okay, the only one. Google it. Dude, estoy aqui por loco, no por pendejo, which was the punch line to the funniest Spanish joke I knew. Okay, the only one. Google it.
Cory Doctorow quotes: Every good thing comes to some kind of end, and then the really good things come to a beginning again. Every good thing comes to some kind of end, and then the really good things come to a beginning again.
Cory Doctorow quotes: What you've got to understand, son," says the doctor, "is it's all the fault of the alien space bats. What you've got to understand, son," says the doctor, "is it's all the fault of the alien space bats.
Cory Doctorow quotes: You're taking the bus around Burbank?" Lester said. "Christ, Perry, this is Los Angeles. Even homeless people drive cars. You're taking the bus around Burbank?" Lester said. "Christ, Perry, this is Los Angeles. Even homeless people drive cars.
Cory Doctorow quotes: No one should do a job he can do in his sleep. No one should do a job he can do in his sleep.
Cory Doctorow quotes: This sounds like you're saying that national security is more important than the Constitution. This sounds like you're saying that national security is more important than the Constitution.
Cory Doctorow quotes: My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart. My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart.

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