At any given time there were more than a billion transmissions buzzing through that darkness, chronicling everything from a grandchild’s first words to the kind of secrets that could unseat government...
The more complex our security becomes, the more complex our enemy’s efforts must be.The more we seek to shut him out, the better he must learn to become at breaking in.Each new level of security that...
Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.
The iru only seemed more alien than most to him because he was nantana, and all the signals of tone and movement which he relied upon for social intercourse were absent in such a man. Or distorted. Or...
Each new technology will bring with it new forms of crime, demanding innovative security. That is the dynamic which drives our modern progress: not dreams, not ideals, but the simple desire on the par...
The manner in which a man lies can sometimes reveal more of his nature than the truth. C. J. AMBERLEIGH, The Art of Inquisition
Look, she told me. A good kreda is very hard to find. I invested a lot of time and memory in you. I had no intention of giving all that up, just because you were going to be in a bad mood for a decade...
Let me tell you the tale of a poet who hanged himself with promises. . . .
And love? she asked him. What is love? He smiled faintly. Data of the heart.
What is true genius, if not the perfect balance of inspiration and perseverence? CHEULGU KIM Ancient Truths for a New Age
To Kaimera Lord Zatar, Zarvati, son of Vinir and K’siva From the Elders of the Holding The Elders respectfully remind you that it is required of each purebred Braxaná male that he sire four register...
There is no such thing as redemption, my friend. There is right, there is wrong, and there are a million shades of color between the two. Once you've done wrong, it is always with you. You just have t...
Let every government see to it that each child is implanted with the tools it needs to communicate, calculate, and process data. Let each government make sure that rich and poor alike, dirtborn and ou...
God save us from an Earth in which all men are the same. God save us from a colony where that is the goal, or a culture which assumes that for its norm. Give me a thousand people speaking different to...
Anzha was trapped in someone else’s dream. Such a thing didn’t happen often, but it happened. Intensity of emotion meant intensity of contact; in the close confines of the Institute, where hundreds of...
An uninspired ruler works to develop those relationships which will be most to his advantage. A great ruler determines the most desirable relationships and assumes them into being.
All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of data leaves a trail. The absence of data, under the right circumstances, can leave the clearest trail of all.
All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of data leaves a trail. The absence of data, under the right circumstances, can leave the clearest trail of all. DR. KIO MASADA...
Was there ever a generation that didn’t enjoy shocking its elders in public? Was there ever a world where adults didn’t shake their heads in frustration, annoyed by the antics of the young, but unable...
The more I think about it, the more it frightens me. So why are you getting involved? He shut his eyes. So I can look at myself in the mirror again. And know that I did my best.