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Re: MISC: thought for the dat
thought for the day;
In Starfleet, all communications are encrypted automatically.
Although there is no honor in knowledge gained through stolen
transmissions, some of our enemies have no honor. A true Klingon
does not "sneak"-he shouts into the face of his enemy. But I have
seen many types of dishonor, and so I am prepared for it.
-Lieutenant Worf,chief of security, U.S.S.Enterprise
From the star trek next generation book "20th century computers
and how they worked" by Jennifer Flynn published by alpha books.
ISBN 1-56761-257-1
Hardly a new sentiment. From Kahn:
``Gentlemen do not read each other's mail''. Henry Stimson,
Secretary of State, 1929, shutting down the American Black Chamber.
In 1940, Stimson was Secretary of War, and a recipient of MAGIC....