In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever. — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The computer revolution has allowed white-collar criminals to do what the Mob would have loved to do - put a pawnshop and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The War is the enemy. It runs itself on the fears of the combatants. It is a machine into which men are… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Yes, those ten-billion-dollar twenty-seven-kilometer-long machines are good for more than just finding bosons named after Peter Higgs.” — Jorge Cham Copy Share Image
Usually I work with a digital camera and compose my works digitally or give them a finish on the computer, in order… — Loretta Lux Copy Share Image
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Dr. S didn’t notice. “Do you remember the cartoons of Rube Goldberg? An inventor of the most ludicrous contraptions. You know: a… — Adam Felber Copy Share Image
“When a computer creates art, who is the artist—the computer or the programmer? At MIT, a recent exhibit of highly accomplished algorithmic… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
In 2007, everything changed with the iPhone. As crippled as that first model now seems, with its lack of apps and glacial… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
“While you’re playing yourself out in lonesome dissipation in front of a pinball machine, someone else might be reading through Proust. Still… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
“The foundation is an aggressive, well-financed p.r. machine adept at manipulating the press, harassing its critics, and mobilizing a diverse army of… — Mike Stanton Copy Share Image
“Missy and her crew left, I was alone. Like really alone, like pre-Shay alone. It felt glorious. Well, maybe not. I didn’t… — Tijan Copy Share Image
I was working on a piece for one of the things I was dancing to and I needed to have original music.… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
We commute to computers; Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors. We survivalists, turned to consumers... — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I could never understand how to build a computer, but the best I could hope for is to understand the people that… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
“Mental health is important. It’s as important as your physical health. What good is your computer if your processor is broken? I” — Thea de Salle Copy Share Image
If Spider-Man had to appear on the 90th floor of the Empire State Building, the crew would take the elevator up, open… — Nicholas Hammond Copy Share Image
“I asked the cardiologist why an electrocardiogram was called an EKG, instead of an ECG. He said, "Nazis. Nazis invented the machine."… — Monica Drake Copy Share Image
“Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and… — Graham Nelson Copy Share Image
Hardware ultimately is a scale game, and it's a differentiation game. If you are literally selling products that are completely undifferentiated, like… — Safra A. Catz Copy Share Image
A display connected to a digital computer gives us a chance to gain familiarity with concepts not realizable in the physical world.… — Ivan Sutherland Copy Share Image
I can imagine lyrics becoming better written by smart machines rather than stupid musicians. Songwriters generally have nothing to say. They may… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
I started working at a point in history when digital computers were becoming mature, and before that, there were no such machines. — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
The machine does not control the mind of man, though it affects the mind of man; it is the mind of man… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do,… — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
When I worked in an office, I was definitely using a computer that should've been long gone over a decade ago but… — Kate Herron Copy Share Image
In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers. — W. Daniel Hillis Copy Share Image
Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Restless' was something totally different, and I couldn't use the same material. 'Man Vs. Machine' is scientific. It's broken down in a… — Xzibit Copy Share Image
Try this New Year's resolution: I won't check my phone, my tablet, or my computer until I've first read a chapter in… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
“Your life is nothing, just a little makeshift that you play with for a while, a machine that you put to use.… — Howard Fast Copy Share Image
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
