Quotes About Computing

the most advanced computer science programs in the world, and over the course of the Computer Center's life, thousands of students passed

movie 2001: A Space Odyssey." Off to the side were dozens of keypunch machines—what passed in those days for computer terminals.

computer would come along that was small and inexpensive enough for an ordinary person to use and own. That day had finally arrived. If January 1975 was the

the day when a computer would come along that was small and inexpensive enough for an ordinary person to use and own. That day had finally arrived. If January 1975 was the dawn of the personal computer age, then who would

And do you know who wrote much of the software that allows you to access the Internet? Bill Joy.

passed in those days for computer terminals. In 1971, this was state of the art. The University of Michigan had one of the most advanced computer science programs in the world, and over

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline.

perfect software doesn't exist. No one in the brief history of computing has ever written a piece of perfect software.

The O() notation puts an upper bound on the value of the thing we're measuring (time, memory, and so on).

If you're not at all interested in performance, shouldn't you be in the Python room down the hall?)

Any string of symbols that can be given an abbreviated representation is called algorithmically compressible.

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) : is the study of how to make computers do things which, at the moment, people do better.

Imagine life without any algorithms at all, you wouldn't be able to do anything. This is already completely encompassing. We have a habit of over-trusting what mathematics or computer scientists tell us to do, without questioning it, too much faith in the magical power of analysis.

Cloud computing eliminates capital expenditure, so you can go global very quickly - you don't have to have extensive servers in every country.

I've been using a computer for quite some time, and I don't understand everything.

My main interest is in trying to find radically different kinds of neural nets.

The Apple IIc, with its 128KB of RAM, 125KB floppy drive, word processor, and spreadsheet application, did everything I could imagine a computer doing at the time.

I used to build my own PCs... and actually had one of the first water-cooled, overclocked PCs around. I ran it at over 4Ghz, and this was back in 2001... but alas, I do not have the time for that fun anymore.

Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.

We want a Gateway to be the last computer our clients will ever buy.

There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data.

That was an all-purpose IBM 3070. It took up half a room and still did not have enough capacity to do all the jobs demanded of it.

In theoretical physics, one can, in principle, work from anyplace as long as one has a computer and Internet connection. So I do not find any disadvantage of being in Allahabad.