Quotable Quotes from the ASIL Annual Meeting

Here are some choice quotes from the ASIL annual meeting, all taken out of context for maximum effect:

The real problem with cyber-security is that Viagra is too expensive.

~ Christopher Soghoian

International arbitration is like a Jackson Pollock painting. There is order, but it takes an expert in fractal geometry to see it.

~ Stephan Schill

These missiles are incredibly cheap, only $60,000 a piece, which is why I have recommended to ASIL that they buy some with your annual dues.

~ Rosa Brooks

My favorite investment arbitration case was the one brought by a man who had his wallet stolen in a Mexican jail and demanded justice before the U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission.

~ Jennifer Thornton

For all of you in the audience who are directly involved in the Chevron-Ecuador case, please don’t attach my house.

~ Ralph Steinhardt

If I can leave you with one message it would be this: Never, ever cite geographic coordinates without a reference datum.

~ Martin Pratt

The problem with war is that it is never humane. It always involves real people. Even soldiers are people.

~ Louise Doswald-Beck