Computers Quotes
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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."
"Any idiot can put up a website."
"Man is a slow, sloppy, and brilliant thinker; computers are fast, accurate, and stupid."
"All of a sudden, we’ve lost a lot of control,’ he said. ‘We can’t turn off our internet; we can’t turn off our smartphones; we can’t turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and it’s not God…"
"By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it."
"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."
"When computers are able to imagine, then humanity will get its death notice."
"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share."
"But the real future of the laptop computer will remain in the specialized niche markets. Because no matter how inexpensive the machines become, and no matter how sophisticated their software, I still can't imagine the average user taking one along when going fishing."
"Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it."
"Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do."
"I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now."
"It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one."
"The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything."
"It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!"
"Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."
"In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'."
"I look like a geeky hacker, but I don't know anything about computers."
"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."
"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."
"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."
"Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding."
"Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back."
"The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications."
"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."
"Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads."
"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."
"I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'"
"The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers."
"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."
"I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer."
"The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat."
"The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work."
"No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'."
"I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type."
"It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow."
"Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village."
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies."
"Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business."
"Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living."
"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software."
"To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer."
"Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions."
"People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster."
"Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs."
"I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it."
"Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984."
"We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software."
"Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software."
"I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago."
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