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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind. – Ted Nelson

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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking. – Ted Nelson

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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do. – Ted Nelson

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Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything. – Ted Nelson

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So the thing I realized rather gradually – I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things – theres a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature. – Stephen Wolfram

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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

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Computers make me totally blank out. – Dalai Lama

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