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Computer Quotes by Alan Kay
- In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
- I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
- When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it's the first personal computer worth criticizing. So…
- The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.
- The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
- Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but…
- It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not…
- Computer programmers do it byte by byte
- It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet…
More Computer Quotes
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- A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to… — Dave Attell
- Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life. — Dave Barry
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen.… — Geraldine Brooks
- I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use… — Bill Viola
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov