Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious.
- Dan Farmer
Silicon Valley, Constantly, Irrelevant
The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me.
- Dan Farmer
Normal, Idea, Should, Distasteful
Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
- Dan Farmer
Away, Shift, Bandwidth, Download
I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
- Dan Farmer
Tea, Like, Fairly, Structured
If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
- Dan Farmer
Deal, Other, Dealing, Hamper
I'm bisexual.
- Dan Farmer
Bisexual
I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.
- Dan Farmer
New, Break, Chip, Connections
Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.
- Dan Farmer
Business, Copyright, Napster, Violation
Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
- Dan Farmer
Song, Other, Means, Propagation
I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
- Dan Farmer
View, Point Of View, Mass Destruction
What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
- Dan Farmer
Say, Very, Capital, Few Things
Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.
- Dan Farmer
Good, Out, A Good Thing, Weaknesses
You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.
- Dan Farmer
You, Knows, Enormous, Network
People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.
- Dan Farmer
Death, Like, Named, Motivated
When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.
- Dan Farmer
Me, More, Supposed, Attractive
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