Quotes by Computer We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently ... a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities. Greg Nickels computerauthorityfound Computers are finite machines; when given the same input, they always produce the same output. Greg Perry machinescomputerinput A random sequence is one that cannot be algorithmically compressed : the shortest description of a random sequence is simply the sequence itself. Gregory Chaitin sequencedescriptioncomputer I'm certainly not computer savvy, at all. I joined Twitter kicking and screaming, and very reluctantly. Guillermo Diaz savvykickingcomputer If you give someone Fortran, he has Fortran. If you give someone Lisp, he has any language he pleases Guy Steele computerlanguagegiving Only if the computers really love each other. Groucho Marx love-each-otherbeing-singlecomputer [Computer science] is not really about computers and it's not about computers in the same sense that physics is not really about particle accelerators, and biology is not about microscopes and Petri dishes... and geometry isn't really about using surveying instruments. Hal Abelson biologycomputerphysics There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion. Hal Abelson computer-sciencecomputermagic The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them. Hal Finney computertoolspeople I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them. Hal Sparks grewcomputergrew-up I always spend too much time on getting the details right. That's the problem with computers. They make it possible to change too much of the music after it's been recorded. Hans-Peter Lindstrøm detailscomputertoo-much I have no mouth. And I must scream. Harlan Ellison screamcomputermouths I had the perfect accident for the perfect idea. I was rendered immobile where the only thing I could do is mess with my computer. Harry Knowles computerperfectideas Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. Hayao Miyazaki computerhands Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive. Hayao Miyazaki computer-graphicscomputerused We make the patterns on the computer, but we also paint them by hand - it's a combination of digital and screen-prints. I'm trying to do as much as I can myself in the studio. Henrik Vibskov computerpainttrying In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy. Herbert Simon computerfieldsrunning I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world. Herbert Simon computercareworld Theres my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book. Howard Aiken computerwholebook It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens. Howard Rheingold computerwritingpeople«1112131415161718192021»
