The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.

While travelling near Tampa, Florida I passed the "Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall" and was struck by the fact that that must be where they make them.

The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.

People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them.

Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted.

The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete bunker, and is surrounded by nerve gas and very highly paid armed guards. Even then, I wouldn't stake my life on it.

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.