I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.

I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

The designer of a new kind of system must participate fully in the implementation.

In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.

The most important thing in the kitchen is the waste paper basket and it needs to be centrally located.

The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.