The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim. – Edsger W. Dijkstra Category: Sys Admin Day
There are two major products that came out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We do not believe this to be a coincidence. – Jeremy S. Anderson Category: Sys Admin Day
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. – Sydney J. Harris Category: Sys Admin Day
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. – Arnold Bennett Category: Effort
The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm. – Samuel Johnson Category: Miscellaneous