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Quote by Donald Knuth
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. – Donald Knuth

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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop – it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. – Donald Knuth

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Trust
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People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird. – Donald Knuth

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Computers
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Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it. – Donald Knuth

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When gravity calls, something falls. – J.L.W. Brooks

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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. – Isaac Newton

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Ive got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, thats nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right Im a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff. – Nathan Fillion

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The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and thats the appeal of science fiction. – William Shatner

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Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. – Robert Olen Butler

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