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Quotes About Electronics

My dad used to build computers for the U.S. government, for military intelligence. So he always had computers around the house.
~ Randy Pitchford
It seemed comeuppance would slam down like the steel grille of a discount electronics store
~ Caitlin Macy
the months leading up to the start of his visionary company, Steve Jobs was something of a conflicted young man, seeking spiritual enlightenment and dabbling in electronics only when it promised to earn him quick cash.
~ Cal newport
If you think that those who are left, with practically no knowledge of the elements of science, or worse, still, with the distorted knowledge the priests receive, can penetrate at a bound to nuclear power, to electronics, to the theory of the hyperwarp – you have a very romantic and very foolish idea of science. It takes lifetimes of training and an excellent brain to get that far.
~ Isaac Asimov
How small can you make the whole gadget?" "Hyper-relays can be had micro-size Ã¢â'¬Â¦ wiring Ã¢â'¬Â¦ chips—Space, you've got a few hundred circuits there.
~ Isaac Asimov
There will be an end point to how good TV pictures can get. The boob tube has hugely benefited from the rapid advance of digital electronics. Consequently, the strategy for hardware has changed. In the old days, sets had to be as simple as Elmer Fudd to keep them inexpensive. All the technical 'smarts' were at the transmitter end.
~ Seth Shostak
Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously good, but the circuit of this thing is designed well and it sounds good.
~ Dweezil Zappa
Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and it would actually work.
~ Robert Moog
I'd learned enough about circuitry in high school electronics to know how to drive a TV and get it to draw - shapes of characters and things.
~ Steve Wozniak
As for the age of electronics, Selena, I really don't want to get personal with something that comes with a warning label and batteries. (Grace)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia's idea of illuminating their tributes. The electric-light-studded outfits from District 3, where they make electronics, at least make sense. But what are the livestock keepers from Distric 10, who are dressed as cows, doing with flaming belts? Broiling themselves? Pathetic.
~ Suzanne Collins
My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.
~ Shuji Nakamura
People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.
~ Mstislav Rostropovich
reach into my travel bag and pull out my hacked Palm computer
~ Charles Stross
I did a lot of blue collar work. I also worked as a temp. I did, you know, light construction and cleaning. I did clerical temping. I also fix cars and motorcycles and electronics.
~ David Autor
In the automotive realm, a car is now a computer on wheels, with electronics representing roughly 40% of the cost of a car.
~ Klaus Schwab
Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I was fascinated by mechanical and electrical gadgets—anything with a cord, a plug, a battery, a light, a motor.
~ George Kravis
rooms, and being the NYPS-fucking-D, we have a whole division who gets off on going through electronics, records." "That's
~ J.D. Robb
This guy knows his electronics, so he took basic precautions with his personal data, but—take a hike, She-Body, this is my area.
~ J.D. Robb
That's all I need for now, Nadine. You can wait in the living area. We'll return your electronics shortly." "Come on, Dallas. You said I'd have the story." "And you will. But I need a minute with my partner." "Fine. I'm taking the cookies." Sadly, Peabody watched the cookies leave with Nadine. "They looked good.
~ J.D. Robb
Many Americans are unaware that discarded electronics often contain lead, mercury, and other toxins and end up being salvaged under inhumane conditions in the developing world.
~ Gene Green
Microprocessors were instantly attractive to us because you could build something for a fraction of the cost of conventional electronics. That's essentially what we did with the Traf-O-Data computer - only it was too narrow and challenging an area to try to build a service business in.
~ Paul Allen
dynamic (due to the repeated charging) random access memory, or DRAM.
~ Chris Miller
The world's chip industry, as well as the assembly of all the electronic goods chips enable, depends more on the Taiwan Strait and the South China coast than on any other chunk of the world's territory except Silicon Valley.
~ Chris Miller