Unauthorized access to computer systems is already a serious crime in a few states and is currently being addressed in many more state legislatures as well as Congress. Ken Thompson accessaddresscomputer Change image and share on social
One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't. Ken Thompson creategardenovernight Change image and share on social
Grant, if we edited Fortran, I assume that you'd put a column thing in there. Ken Thompson assumecolumnedit Change image and share on social
No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code. Ken Thompson amountcodelevel Change image and share on social
The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you. Ken Thompson bighaveprogram Change image and share on social
I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals. Ken Thompson avoidspecialterminal Change image and share on social
There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center. Ken Thompson centercomputeproject Change image and share on social
It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution. Ken Thompson codecriminalhacker Change image and share on social
On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. Ken Thompson callhandhero Change image and share on social