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 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.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.

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

If we built houses the way we build software, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.