I did everything. I worked at S.S. Kresge, the five-and-dime. I worked in a mailroom. I worked processing insurance claims. — Grace Hightower Copy Share Image
MapReduce has become the assembly language for big data processing, and SnapReduce employs sophisticated techniques to compile SnapLogic data integration pipelines into… — Greg Benson Copy Share Image
The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
We couldn't build quantum computers unless the universe were quantum and computing. We can build such machines because the universe is storing… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
In my opinion, if most urban meat-eaters were to visit an industrial broiler house, to se how the birds are raised, and… — Peter Cheeke Copy Share Image
Speaking as a phenomenologist, it seems to me that a considerable portion of mind wandering actually is "mental avoidance behaviour", an attempt… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
I automate some tasks and delegate many others. Doing research, job organization, data processing, field surveys, and plan preparation can be tedious,… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
Virtual-reality researchers have long struggled to eliminate effects that distort the brain's normal processing of visual information, and when these effects arise… — Steve Mann Copy Share Image
A third or more of the brain is devoted to visual processing, not true of any other sense. We have color vision… — John Medina Copy Share Image
There are some people who believe that dreams really are just kind of a throwaway thing. They are just a way of… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
“It was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
The brain cannot multitask. Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one… — John Medina Copy Share Image
One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
For me, making music in general is a therapeutic process. It began as a way for me to meet friends, and when… — Anthony Green Copy Share Image
The term "informatics" was first defined by Saul Gorn of University of Pennsylvania in 1983 (Gorn, 1983) as computer science plus information… — Saul Gorn Copy Share Image
Thinking isn't something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Last time I checked, the digital universe was expanding at the rate of five trillion bits per second in storage and two… — George Dyson Copy Share Image
Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Bitumen is junk energy. A joule, or unit of energy, invested in extracting and processing bitumen returns only four to six joules… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
There are fast chewers and slow chewers, long chewers and short chewers, right-chewing people and left-chewing people. Some of us chew straight… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“Yes, forgetting can be a curse, especially as we age. But forgetting is also one of the more important things healthy brains… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
