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"pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department." »Jeff Meyer
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"Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals." »Henry Spencer
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"The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." »Joseph Weizenbaum
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"IMac is next year's computer for $1,299, not last year's computer for $999." »Steve Jobs
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"We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not just anyone, with any background, or any training, can do a fine job of programming. Programmers know this, but then why is it that they think that anyone picked off the street can do documentation? One has only to spend an hour looking at papers written by graduate students to realize the extent to which the ability to communicate is not universally held. And so, when we speak about computer program documentation, we are not speaking about the psychology of computer programming at all - except insofar as programmers have the illusion that anyone can do a good job of documentation, provided he is not smart enough to be a programmer." »Gerald Weinberg, "The Psychology of Computer Programming"
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"The computer is a moron." »Peter Drucker
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"To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so." »Robert Orben
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." »Ken Olson
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"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." »Weisert
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"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." »Ken Olsen, CEO DEC 1977
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"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." »Ken Olsen
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"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window." »Steve Wozniak
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"Hardware the parts of a computer that can be kicked." »Jeff Pesis
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"If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing." »Anonymous
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"To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer." »Farmers' Almanac
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"Ferris I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's that for being born under a bad sign" »Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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"computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." »E. W. Dijkstra
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"Want to make your computer go really fast Throw it out a window." »Anonymous
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"The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor." »Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun
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"The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little." »Porterfield
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"The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little." »Joe Martin
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"Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users" »Clifford Stoll
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"Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?" »Clifford Stoll
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"One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"In a few minutes a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many months to equal it." »Unknown
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"Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor." »Wernher von Braun
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"The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma." »Larry Wall
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"If the Devil is an evil computer, who the hell programmed it? Who is the Dr. Frankestein of this abominable character?" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages." »Anonymous
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"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in we're computer professionals. We cause accidents." »Nathaniel Borenstein
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