Avi
Avi
American author of young adult literature and winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
nutella
You can't make everybody happy.
roles wow screen-time
You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a sudden we see something and go, wow, that's cool.
mouths conviction ifs
If you don't have your conviction you have to put your money where your mouth is.
all-things knows
No one can be all things, as we all know.
along begin coalition government lines partners planning security talking
We are talking about security lines that we will begin planning after the government is formed, along with coalition partners and in co-operation with settler leaders.
important election perceive
In any election, it's important that the public perceives that the election is held fairly.
data important protection
What we did is important because we proved that virtually all of the wireless networks used by companies and hospitals are completely open and offer no protection for the data on them.
generations computer problem
As new generations [of computers] come out, usually there are increased complexity and features, [that lead to] increased security problems. Plus, other industries have shown that every new generation has its own set of security problems.
giving machines answers
I've been saying all along that my biggest fear is that someone would program a machine to give a wrong answer. If that were to happen, the machine would still work fine - we just wouldn't know it.
people viruses computer
People's computers are not getting more secure. They're getting more infected with viruses. They're getting more under the control of malware.
care cash stuff
If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed.
voting use paper
Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme.
thinking years ideas
My position hasn't changed over the years. Which is that online voting is a very unsafe idea and a very bad idea and something I think no technological breakthrough I can foresee can ever change.
voting machines computer
It's the concept of having a computer voting machine that bothers me, more so than the specific poor implementation that we have from Diebold.