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Computer Quotes by James Gleick
- Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified…
- The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong
- We have met the Devil of Information Overload and his impish underlings, the computer virus, the busy signal, the dead link, and the PowerPoint presentation.
- The Fifties and Sixties were years of unreal optimism about weather forecasting. Newspapers and magazines were filled with hope for weather science, not just for…
- With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine…
More Computer Quotes
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- 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