Technology Quotes

Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet.

We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software.. that's something we brought to computing. And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.

Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.

Functions delay binding; data structures induce binding. Moral: Structure data late in the programming process.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property; it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to adopt in these days.

It’s ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition is really becoming more obsolete every minute.

After growing wildly for years, the field of computing appears to be reaching its infancy.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

The Internet? Is that thing still around?

There's a great desire to be computer-savvy among those 50 and older. They're really hungry for it.

The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to get through it.

Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?

Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.

The federal government is like a handicapped turtle trying to crawl around and keep up with the rabbit, which is technology.

But they are useless. They can only give you answers.

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer.

Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.

Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.

I had one simple idea about telling friends about arts and technology events. People in the community suggested everything else to us, and that's our theme. We're really run by the people who use the site. We just run the infrastructure, and help out with problems.

When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline.

Any significant boost in technology could just as easily be a rigged demo.

The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.