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Computers

Mac users swear by their computers. PC users swear at their computers. – Author Unknown

I wrote an ad for Apple Computer: “Macintosh – We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.” – Douglas Adams

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft… and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. – Werner von Braun

Microsoft, where quality is job 1.1. – Author Unknown

Software is slowing faster than hardware is accelerating. – Martin Reiser, quoted by Nicklaus Wirth, 1995, which spawned "Grove giveth,

The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad! – Richard Feynman

Unix was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. – Doug Gwyn

Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity. – Dennis Ritchie

Unix never says “please.” – Rob Pike

The Unix philosophy basically involves giving you just enough rope to hang yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure. – Author Unknown

Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result. – Alan Turing, about computers

What boots up must come down. – Author Unknown

Windows is just DOS in drag. – Author Unknown

Computers must be male. As soon as you commit to one you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the day. – Author Unknown

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. – Emo Philips

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picasso

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. – Louis Gerstner

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. – Isaac Asimov

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. – Isaac Asimov

The new information technology… Internet and e-mail… have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. – Peter Drucker