The more I think about the nettle argument, the more it makes me laugh. This country's awash with nettles. Butterflies that eat them are not in any difficulty at all.

awash with too many arms.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

I don't think anyone can make a serious policy argument that this is a good idea. Sixty-five percent is just something they pulled out of a hat because a few places meet it and most don't.

The system is so awash in money that I don't think there's any danger that any side will be going in unilaterally disarmed.