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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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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. – Alan Perlis

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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. – Alan Perlis

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Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on! – Jonathan Shapiro

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Well, I had a lot of help from my father with the soldering and so on, and he was very good at math and was fascinated with computers, and so I was fortunate enough to have a bunch of exposure going all the way back to high school – this was in the 1960s. – Mitch Kapor

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Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes. – Dave Barry, Claw Your Way to the Top

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Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time. – Thomas Nagel

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