Quotes on Computers
Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
-- Jean RostandUser, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."
-- Dave BarryThose parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer (not advised) are called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse at are called software.
-- UnknownNot even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
-- Edward Shepherd MeadOnce a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.
-- Stewart BrandOne of the problems the internet has introduced is that in the electronic village all the village-idiots have internet access.
-- Peter NelsonPCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
-- UnknownPeople who buy Macs are the same people who said BETA is better than VHS 15 years ago.
-- Unknownpixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department.
-- Jeff MeyerPROGRAM - n. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages. v. tr.- To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer
opportunities for reward.
-- UnknownProgrammer - an organism that turns coffee into software.
-- UnknownProgramming 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 idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-- Rich CookRAM disk is not an installation procedure.
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.
-- Unknown
-- Janet RenoTo create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination. And the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.
-- Bill GatesTo err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
-- Robert OrbenTo err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
-- Farmers' Almanac, 1978Too bad men aren't like computers. Predictable, compliant, full of answers but no questions...yet able to deliver an occasional delightful surprise.
-- Brenda StarrTreat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
-- Clifford StollVersion 1 of any software is full of bugs. Version 2 fixes all the bugs and is great. Version 3 adds all the things users ask for, but hides all the great stuff in Version 2.
-- Fred Blechman