Systems Quotes

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Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems… — Wietse Venema
In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in… — Wietse Venema
The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors. — Charles C. Mann
It is a myth that alcoholics have some spontaneous insight and then seek treatment. Victims of this disease do not submit to treatment out of… — Vernon Johnson
Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down… — Harvey Cushing
If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is impossible… — Bertrand Piccard
The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered. — William Irwin Thompson
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on… — William Weld
It is also vital that our relationship with nature and the environment be included in our education systems. This is not longer something cute or… — Lawrence Anthony
New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war. — Herman Kahn
Who is giving the orders to ants? No one. They are self-organizing. Each of our immune systems get smarter over the years as its biochemical… — Steven Johnson
There are many strengths in modern society, but one of its weaknesses is the breakdown of many of the old structures and networks that supported… — Richard Holloway
I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all… — Jamie Zawinski
Gravitational systems are the ashes of prior electrical systems. — Hannes Alfven
At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The… — Timothy Keller
I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years… — Marc Garneau
Individual talent is too sporadic and unpredictable to be allowed any important part in the organization society. Social systems which endure are built on the… — Stuart Chase
Presumably there are energies, to which each human is sensitive, that we cannot yet detect by means of our instruments. Built into our brains and… — John C. Lilly
A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can… — Morris Raphael Cohen
It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be… — Morris Raphael Cohen

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