“
Our software is fragile as well — if people built houses the way we write programs, the first woodpecker would wipe out civilization.
”
― The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
― The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
“
Not that any of the sysadmin’s knowledge and skills were applicable here.
The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he’d be able to break through in the end.
”
― Reamde
― Reamde
