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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living defi

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

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. – Alan Perlis

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You can measure a programmers perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. – Alan Perlis

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Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing… you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesnt affect two-thirds of the people of the world. – Jimmy Carter

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Well, the big products in electronics in the 50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in. – Jack Kilby

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It seems like everything that we see perceived in the brain before we actually use our own eyes, that everything we see is coming through computers or machines and then is being input in our brain cells. So that really worries me. – Hayao Miyazaki

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Rebooting is a wonder drug — it fixes almost everything. – Garrett Hazel, “Help Desk Blues,” 2002

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