Quote Genre: Computers

Thomas J. Watson – ‘I think theres a world marke…

‘I think theres a world market for about five computers. Quoted by Charles Hard Townes In Martin Moskovits (Ed.) Science and Society the John C. Polanyi Nobel Lareates Lectures Anansi Press Concord Ontario 1995 p 8.’

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E. W. Dijkstra – ‘The question of whether a co…

‘The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.’

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Rich Cook – ‘Programming today is a race …

‘Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idoits. So far the Universe is winning.’

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Joseph Campbell – ‘Computers are like Old Testa…

‘Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.’

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Bill Bulko – ‘Artificial Intelligence: the…

‘Artificial Intelligence: the art of making computers that behave like the ones in movies.’

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Herbert V. Prochnow – ‘Old gardeners never die. The…

‘Old gardeners never die. They just spade away and then throw in the trowel.’

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Douglas Noel Adams – ‘First we thought the PC was …

‘First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics and we thought it was a television. With the … Continue reading →

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Scott Raymond Adams – ‘Man is a game playing animal…

‘Man is a game playing animal and a computer is another way to play games.’

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy – ‘Man is the most extraordinar…

‘Man is the most extraordinary computer of all.’

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Frank Patrick Herbert – ‘I must not fear. Fear is the…

‘I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I … Continue reading →

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