Technology Quotes

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.

When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.

Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

Optimization hinders evolution.

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.