Una McCormack wrote:
You've all got much more encyclopaedic knowledge of the show than I have. Can anyone think of some good quotes from the show about technology and/or computers?
Ah. Once upon a time I was going to make myself a poster: "Everything I need to know about computing I learned from Blakes 7". Most of the quotes I was going to use, IIRC, didn't refer to computers directly, but let's see if I can remember a couple:
"It's nice to know computers can have their bad days, too." "Never argue with a computer." "You can't bully a machine into doing what you want." "With a brain like mine, who needs computers?" "A logical, rational intelligence is no match for yours." "Who needs computers?" "You can't put thumbscrews on a computer." "Everything automatic; therefore predictable, and therefore vulnerable."
On other technologies:
"A weapon once created cannot be abandoned, it can only be contained." "Just because you don't know how to build a high-energy traction beam doesn't mean that no one else knows how to build one." "You should always be careful about getting a second-hand spacecraft. They can be very unreliable." "The intellect is a much more powerful weapon than the gun, particularly when the gun doesn't work."
There's likely more in Harvest, Headhunter, Traitor, and Games, among others. HTH, it's hard to be specific without some idea of the intended application.
Mistral