"Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place."

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"Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place."

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"I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper."

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Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

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Mercedes Lackey, American Author

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"A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own."

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"What will happen if we go to 0 day?...Everything has been wipe out from the technology?"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"As in all such technological nightmares, the principal task is to foresee what is possible; to educate use and misuse; and to prevent its organizational, bureaucratic and governmental abuse."

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