We don't mind taking the money and using it simply for computers and technology initiatives that we as Virginias have determined, but I don't want them doing anything to harm our standards.

The computer focuses ruthlessly on things that can be represented in numbers. In so doing, it seduces people into thinking that other aspects of knowledge are either unreal or unimportant. The computer treats reason as an instrument for achieving things, not for contemplating things. It narrows dramatically what we know and intended by reason.

You're talking about a lot of money to put computers and networking [technology] in all the offices of the supervisors [of elections]. It was like $15 million to $17 million.

You're talking about a lot of money to put computers and networking [technology] in all the offices of the supervisors [of elections], ... It was like $15 million to $17 million.

In today's society they cannot be intimidated by computers. I hope this will give them a greater appreciation for technology. Ideally it would be great for them to go into a technology field.

We don't have money in our budget for technology. We had to find an economical way to meet our storage needs.