Quotes by Computer The big corporations are suddenly taking notice of the web, and their reactions have been slow. Even the computer industry failed to see the importance of the Internet, but that's not saying much. Let's face it, the computer industry failed to see that the century would end. Douglas Adams corporationscomputerfaces I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer. Douglas Adams programmingspendingcomputer No one messes around with a nerd's computer and escapes unscathed. E. A. Bucchianeri nerdcomputerrevenge We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don't notice books. Douglas Adams computerpenniesbook Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying "Blood...blood...blood...blood... Douglas Adams countingcomputerblood I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end. Douglas Adams internetcomputercentury Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers. Douglas Adams independencecountingcomputer You turn the computer into the storyteller and the player into the audience, like in the old days when the storyteller would actually respond to the audience, rather than just having the audience respond to the storyteller. I had an enormous amount of fun, actually, working on that. Douglas Adams computerplayerfun I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop. Eckhard Pfeiffer companycomputertrouble At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right. Ed O'Brien arenacomputerends It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that. Ed O'Brien computerstufflong Why am I arguing with a computer? Edge wwecomputerarguing It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs. Edsger Dijkstra programcomputerpurpose I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist. Edsger Dijkstra computerwasteneeds When we had no computers, we had no programming problem either. When we had a few computers, we had a mild programming problem. Confronted with machines a million times as powerful, we are faced with a gigantic programming problem. Edsger Dijkstra machinescomputerpowerful Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes. Edsger Dijkstra astronomytelescopescomputer It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at least to make computers. Edward Boyden computerkindlaw A state-of-the-art calculation requires 100 hours of CPU time on the state-of-the-art computer, independent of the decade. Edward Teller computerindependentart The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris. Edward Tufte computerinformationideas There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'. Edward Tufte computertechnologytwo«7891011121314151617»
