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Computer Quote by Ted Nelson

“The point is that these decisions they've made are partly…” quote by Ted Nelson — Download Open image

“The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field.”

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You can and must understand computers NOW.

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Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.

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So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?

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Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.

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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

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The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

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