Quotes by Computers Computers are really, basically, computing elements and a lot of memory. They are pretty easy to understand, as compared to the brain, which was designed by evolution. Paul Allen computersmemoryunderstandbrain I watch virtually no TV. All my screen time is computer time for me. When I'm not doing that I'm reading or talking to my friends who I got to know through computers. Patrick Collison computersmefriendstime There were no PCs when I started programming on computers. Dave Winer startedcomputerswereprogramming Computers can't find the unexpected, but people can when they eyeball the data. Debra Fischer findcomputersunexpectedpeople Now that we've got computers, you can pump up anything that anybody ever uttered. Dick Clark anythingcomputersnowyou The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans. David Smith computerswillsocietythinking No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'. Danielle Berry alonecomputerswishtime Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them. Daniel Greenberg findingcomputersfriendshome A calculator is a tool for humans to do math more quickly and accurately than they could ever do by hand; similarly, AI computers are tools for us to perform tasks too difficult or expensive for us to do on our own, such as analyzing large data sets or keeping up to date on medical research. Oren Etzioni aicomputersmedicalresearch When I was growing up, I had lots of smart classmates that were girls, but none of us were really pushed into math or computers or anything like that. Girls took AP history and AP English and AP European history. And boys took calculus and physics. Aileen Lee computersclassmatessmarthistory I started with CB radio, ham radio, and eventually went into computers. And I was just fascinated with it. And back then, when I was in school, computer hacking was encouraged. It was an encouraged activity. In fact, I remember one of the projects my teacher gave me was writing a log-in simulator. Kevin Mitnick computersmeteacherschool My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm not working, I'm locked up in my room. Alessandra Torresani computersdadhousetalking There are a lot of Yahoo users who live in countries where their freedom of expression and freedom of association is not respected and where the government is trying to put malware on their computers to track them. Alex Stamos livecomputersfreedomgovernment Movies began as a communal experience. Even though we now watch them as DVD's, sometimes alone on our computers, mostly in the history of cinema it has been a communal experience. Alison Owen alonecomputersexperiencehistory Hard systems are everything we're using right now - computers, phones, planes, the clothes you're wearing, the room you're in. Everything there involves 100% use of technology and expertise to make it, and nothing we make - including space exploration vehicles and so on - is complex. Everything we make is complicated. Nothing is self-renewing. Allan Savory computersyouclothestechnology I wonder what would have happened if automation and computers had existed when 'Oklahoma!' was having its out-of-town try-out, and three days before closing in Boston, when it was still called 'Away We Go,' they added a new song called 'Oklahoma!' I don't think that could happen today. It's almost impossible to change musicals on the go now. Andrew Lloyd Webber computerschangesongtoday We've got to be delivering young people, and people that are getting reeducated, people who are getting reemployed, into the marketplace with skills to work together, to understand computers, and to be able to be a part of that 21st century economy. Ann McLane Kuster computerstogetherworkpeople We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but often these things help us create the illusion of getting somewhere - and they foster a chain of constant activity. We're really just squeezing extra activity into every minute that we gain. Arlie Russell Hochschild computersthinkvoicetime Writing genetic code like we do software will usher in a completely new way of living for all of us. When this happens, our society will be as fundamentally changed as we have seen from the invention of computers. Arvind Gupta computersnewsocietyway You can model experiments on computers now and then execute them, and you don't actually need a fully stocked lab. Arvind Gupta needcomputersnowyou«1234567891011»
