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There's no set architecture in Linux. All roads lead to madness.
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
First and foremost, the Internet is unique since it is THE only interactive medium -- and that's important because from a content, service, and communications perspective, we web folks try to take advantage of that interactivity.
The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is completely disproportionate to its size. We are the undisputed leaders of technological change. But with our abundance of talent and resources, we also have the opportunity to be the pioneers of social change and, ultimately, this may be our greatest contribution.
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Technology favors horrible people.
Programming is an unnatural act.
The protection of personal information stored on our nation's computer systems is critical to public trust in those networks and to the health of our economy.
We're changing the world with technology.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
When we first started, we would message all the time, ... He would log on, and mostly we would just message back and forth at the beginning of the relationship. Now, we use the computer, phones, letters, airlines - everything.
Only ten percent of the code in any given program will ever execute.
It's just like a computer. The more you load up, the slower it gets, the more issues arise.
We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough. In fact, the way software works.. so long as you are using your existing software.. you don't pay us anything at all. So we're only paid for breakthroughs.
Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.
Los Angeles County officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms 'master' and 'slave' regarding computer hard drives, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive. Additionally, the term 'e-mail' will now be called 'e-person letter', 'dumb terminals' will now be 'CPU-challenged monitors' and 'Unix' will be referred to as 'sexually dysfunctional operating system'. Obviously, 'fingering' is now banned entirely.
WWW? Nice toy, but what a waste of time.
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.
Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.
One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.
The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.
Computers, huh? I've heard it all boils down to just a bunch of ones and zeroes.... I don't know how that enables me to see naked women, but however it works, God bless you guys.