Quotes about Computers
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"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
-Stephen Hawking
"It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated."
-Alan Kay
-Alan Kay
"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
-Jef Raskin
"Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up."
-James Magary
-James Magary
"Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers."
-Edward Shepherd Mead
-Edward Shepherd Mead
"The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation."
-Tim Berners lee
-Tim Berners lee
"The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor."
-Werner Von Braun
-Werner Von Braun
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."
-Doug Larson
-Doug Larson
"Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest."
-Isaac Asimov
-Isaac Asimov
"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
-Joseph Weizenbaum
"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
-Alan Kay
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
-Robert X. Cringely
-Robert X. Cringely
"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
-Joe Martin
"Most computer users don't think about backing up their software until the day they lose it."
-Don Rittner
-Don Rittner
"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
-Scott Mcnealy
"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
-Grant Fairley
"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
-John C. Dvorak
"Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC."
-Andy Grove
-Andy Grove
"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
-Pierre Gallois
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."
-Andy Rooney
-Andy Rooney
"Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating with complex programming and intricate wiring a feat his wife handles quite well without fuss or fanfare."
-Lane Olinghouse
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