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• I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
• Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely… — Isaac Asimov
• All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim… — Isaac Asimov
• A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they… — Dave Attell
• One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
• Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it… — Norman Ralph Augustine
• I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. — Sebastian Bach
• Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business. — Erykah Badu
• Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those… — Russell Baker
• It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered… — Russell Baker
• Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going… — J. G. Ballard
• The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot. — Dave Barry

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