The question is not whether or not the end justifies the means, but under what conditions.
The music in my head changed into something more peaceful. Those tranquilizers must be working.
Passing the Turing test is not as impressive as it sounds. Even some actual *people* can't.
I get so little time for myself, that when i do, i can barely remember what i wanted it for.
Be right back, announcing all of my secrets through a megaphone in the street between the CIA building and the annual crime lord convention.
"The Terms of Service explicitly prohibit speaking poorly of the Service. In the jurisdiction in which the Service operates, breaching the Terms of Service is a criminal offense. Checkmate!"
"Leave the cat alone. I'm pretty sure he'll be able to handle his primary job — being a cat — even without your help."
"Great job, Simon! You're my right-hand man!" — "Maybe, left?" — "No, right! The left left, leaving you the right!"
When setting up some trivial piece of hardware, like a webcam, requires bypassing several OS safety mechanisms, it's probably a good time to stop and think really hard where you went wrong.
When a suspicious-looking man settles in your living room, constantly peering over your shoulder, you don't ask him "Why?" or calculate the benefits and drawbacks. You kick him out.
Nothing in the world can cause as much damage as a sufficiently motivated teenager.
My car spontaneously decided that Friday evening would be a most fitting time to break down. Now i'm going to be forced to make more phone calls than i normally do in two months.
The only thing worse than people who don't know what they're doing is people who think they do.
"It's strange, i don't feel depressed. That, or i have been depressed for so long that i can no longer feel the difference."