Quote by Howard Aiken
The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical com

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. – Howard Aiken

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Dont worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, youll have to ram them down peoples throats. – Howard Aiken

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Dont worry about people stealing an idea. If its original, you will have to ram it down their throats. – Howard Aiken

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At the present time there exist problems beyond our ability to solve, not because of theoretical difficulties, but because of insufficient means of mechanical computation. – Howard Aiken

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At the dictation of a mathematician, it will solve in a matter of hours equations never before solved because of their intricacy and the enormous time and personnel which would be required to work them out on ordinary office calculators. – Anon.

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The Internet is not just one thing, its a collection of things – of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language. – Jim Clark

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Where the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1 1/2 tons. – Anon.

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The idea that so many kids eat rubbish and sit on computers all day long appals me and getting them into sport is a major way of getting them off computers and leading healthier lives. – Kirsty Gallacher

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