Technology Quotes

Technology has the shelf life of a banana.

This is something we're very committed to, it's something that I think people are underestimating right now as they've seen some of the dot-com promises not come through. I think they're missing the fact that the basic technology is moving forward, the new platforms are here and this vision of the digital decade will be a reality.

Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes.

Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things, and it will be a couple years before they really happen, and they don't happen in the way they said they would.

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

That’s what’s cool about working with computers. They don’t argue, they remember everything, and they don’t drink all your beer.

To go forward, you must backup.

God never made his work for man to mend.

I have gotten everything from a one-page letter written in pencil to a 50-page computer generated masterpiece.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

Computers are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows.

Technology is not an image of the world but a way of operating on reality. The nihilism of technology lies not only in the fact that it is the most perfect expression of the will to power... but also in the fact that it lacks meaning.

In June 1994, while it is still our hobby, we renamed it "yahoo" to stand for "yet another hierarchical officious oracle".

One man's constant is another man's variable.

Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.

I also introduce skills like using a hula hoop or jumping rope. I think many kids this age need a break from the computer or video games to learn these very important physical skills.

Like punning, programming is a play on words.

If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.

Software is under a constant tension. Being symbolic it is arbitrarily perfectible; but also it is arbitrarily changeable.

In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.

The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support these goals-if not, it may even be counterproductive.

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.

Saying that most of the computer was filled with personal images is simply not accurate.