Robert X. Cringely

Robert X. Cringely, real name Mark Stephens, is a computer journalist and broadcaster.

Sourced

• More proof that trusting the Feds to protect our information is like hiring Homer Simpson to guard the donuts.
  • Discussing U.S. government personal data mining at the same time its agencies are losing "hundreds of laptops" with sensitive data
  • "The biggest rubes, boobs, and noobs of 2006". Notes from the Field (InfoWorld). December 15, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-15. 

• What you have to watch out for are the theories that claim to be infallible. Because the only way their believers can win is to stomp out everyone who disagrees with them.
  • "When Worlds (and Particles) Collide". Notes from the Field (InfoWorld). September 12, 2008. Retrieved on 2009-08-06. 

Unsourced

• If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

External links

• Weekly column