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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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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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You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why dont you use them in the search for love? – Lech Walesa

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I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software incompatibility problems that, in terms of complexity, make the U.S. Tax Code look like Dr. Seuss. – Dave Barry

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Microsoft, where quality is job 1.1. – Author Unknown

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Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. – Jef Raskin

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