"While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible."

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Source : "May the Source Be With You". www.wired.com. December 21, 2001.

Lawrence Lessig

#Data Quotes #Creative Quotes #Program Quotes

“There is no such thing as truth. The only thing that is actually there is your 'logically' ascertained premise, which you call truth.”
“I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.”
“A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.”
“I tend to not only read reviews, but also every little stupid thing online. It's a very bad idea, and there's a lot of angry people in the world. And it's weird to absorb all that weirdness.”
“A 99-year-old man is filing for divorce from his 96-year-old wife, making them the world's oldest divorced couple. It's got to be weird when a divorce lawyer is fighting for your kids to get custody of you.”
“I don't want to be able to see the audience”
“Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace.”
“One wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it never contains the whole thing.”

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