Computer science Quote by Alan J. Perlis

“String theory is rather like plumbing, in a way.”

— Stephen Hawking

“Here's the thing: the strings are already attached.”

— Trish Doller

“Because string theory is such a high-risk venture—unsupported by experiment,”

— Lee Smolin

I will never probably have the mathematical foundation to truly understand what string theorists are talking about, but it feels good, just for its…

— Jon Spaihts

“Because string theory is such a high-risk venture—unsupported by experiment, though very generously supported by the academic”

— Lee Smolin

“data outlives code.”

— Martin Kleppmann

“Information is not like money or any other commodity. The cracks that it can slip through are almost infinitely small, and it can be…

— David Brin

“I had to get back to dealing with facts. One fact was that something bizarre was going on, but I'd be far more likely…

— Hilary Duff

“And the data is forgotten, once and forever...”

— Deyth Banger

“Data alone has no value—it’s just masses of numbers or words.”

— Steven J. Bowen

“information is a commodity that can be processed by a machine.”

— Nicholas Carr

Deconstruction: peering suspiciously at the text, I wait for it to make a slip and betray itself.

— Mason Cooley