Chris Asplen quotes

“What we've begun to do is discuss the issue, the constitutional issues around that idea, again the privacy issue, which may not be unconstitutional but may pertain to our unique sense of privacy in the United States.”
-- Chris Asplen

Source : "Widespread genetic fingerprinting under debate". www.cnn.com. March 1, 1999.

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“It is only as powerful as it is relevant in a given scenario. I think we need to be clear it is not a magic bullet in post-conviction cases.”
-- Chris Asplen

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“This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.”
-- Chris Asplen

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“Ultimately it all comes down to money, ultimately it all comes down to lab capacity. One thing we are clear about is if that money were to pass (in Congress), thousands of lives will be saved.”
-- Chris Asplen

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“It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.”
-- Chris Asplen

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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“It’s the glitches and twists, I thought, that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no substance.”

“You're it for me, baby. Just you. You're not going to be your mother. You're special and unique and we're going to get you help. But I will be right by your side the entire time. I'll never leave you. I swear it.”

“If you use Facebook - as I do - Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.”

“December 21, 2012 represents a unique opportunity for renaissance, renewal and reinvention that people have waited for for centuries.”

“The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.”

Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co

“Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.”

“A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective.”

“I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson”

“I was really intrigued by the idea of using live streams of data that's relevant to real people, and that would allow us to reflect and learn about ourselves.”

“With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly up the international political agenda. The authors pull no punches on the likelihood of increasing tensions and conflicts in a climatically constrained world and spotlight places where possible conflicts may flare up in the 21st century unless climate change is checked. The report makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy.”