Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? Clifford Stoll
Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. Stephen Hawking
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. Jef Raskin
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. Ken Olsen
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so. Robert Orben
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. Edward Shepherd Mead
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
The computer is a moron. Peter F. Drucker
The computer is a moron.
The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. Werner Von Braun
The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. Doug Larson
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee - that will do them in. Bradley's Bromide
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee - that will do them in.
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs. Joseph Weizenbaum
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs.
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Alan Kay
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. Joe Martin
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little.
It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not a tool, although it can act like many tools. Alan Kay
It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not a tool, although it can act like many tools.
The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever. Scott Mcnealy
The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever.
E-commerce businesses, even e-commerce specialists, have yet to realize that the WWW is first and foremost an emotional experience. Few websites reflect this important priority. Grant Fairley
E-commerce businesses, even e-commerce specialists, have yet to realize that the WWW is first and foremost an emotional experience. Few websites reflect this important priority.
In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear. John C. Dvorak
In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear.
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it. Pierre Gallois
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it.
To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer. Dan Rather
To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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