“My computer terminal whistles at me: YOU HAVE MAIL. No shit, Sherlock, I always have mail. It's an existential thing: if I… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Annette sighs. Manfred's been upgrading this robot cat for years, and his ex-wife Pamela used to mess with its neural configuration, too:… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“(Computers aren’t as powerful as most people think; running even a small and rather stupid intern can really bog down a server.)” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I write more for the children of the computer revolution, who are also interested in speculation and exploring the human condition, but… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I write exclusively using computers. Pens and typewriters can fsck right off - I wrote my first half million words in my… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“... the ads made me feel bilious and love-stricken, invaded and debauched by a coldly mechanical lust for whatever fetish the desire… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
We are Bay Aryans from Berkeley: prepare to be reengineered in an attractive range of color schemes for your safety and comfort! — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Shut up. Stand up. Put this on. That’s right . . . if you were the kind of man who found it easy to do that kind… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“- Toma un puro, Sherlock. - Lo siento; sólo echo humo cuando me enchufan a la red eléctrica.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to;… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
