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

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Weve lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But lets not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth. – Emilio Estevez

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Over the eons Ive been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to simplify and bring order to my life. Very early on this led me to the beautiful-and-doomed Lotus Agenda for my DOS computers, and Actioneer for the early Palm. – James Fallows

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One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible. – Steve Case

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Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction. – Roy Romer

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