It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.

There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.

The virtual community? The word virtual does not mean "virtue." It means "not." When I go to the store and they say: The shirt that you brought in is virtually done. It means it is not done, in the same way that the virtual community is not a community. There is no commitment there. When you log off, you are not a member of it anymore. My flesh and blood community, the sense of knowing my neighbor, knowing the guy across the street, having dinner with the people down the block, getting along with each other and making compromises, that's a genuine community with a commitment.

The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.