Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. —E. W. Dijkstra More about this quote Tags: science analogy computers astronomy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from E. W. Dijkstra The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. —E. W. Dijkstra More about this quote Tags: computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. —E. W. Dijkstra More about this quote Tags: computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “computers” Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. —James Magary More about this quote Tags: problems computers the world Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear. —John C. Dvorak More about this quote Tags: fear time business computers fun Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it. —Pierre Gallois More about this quote Tags: science data computers tomfoolery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email 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 More about this quote Tags: technology danger functionality computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music. —Marcus Brigstocke More about this quote Tags: technology influence culture computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. —James Magary More about this quote Tags: problems computers the world Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear. —John C. Dvorak More about this quote Tags: fear time business computers fun Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it. —Pierre Gallois More about this quote Tags: science data computers tomfoolery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: technology danger functionality computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music. —Marcus Brigstocke More about this quote Tags: technology influence culture computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email