Quotes About Computing

Jeff wished he were a computer himself. It sounded so calm and certain. He, as usual, was terrified.

The only code that doesn't have bugs is code that is not yet written.

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.

Developments during the war unleashed a fantastically growing pharmaceuticals industry and hastened research that culminated in the arrival of the first digital computer in 1946 and the transistor in 1947.7

algorithms.

A lot of the progress in machine learning - and this is an unpopular opinion in academia - is driven by an increase in both computing power and data. An analogy is to building a space rocket: You need a huge rocket engine, and you need a lot of fuel.

I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light.

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

Steve was perfectly aware of the Dynabook. That was one of the reasons he wanted me to come to Apple.

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.

I love memory sticks. They seem to me to be magic.

Personal and mobile computing, long-distance communications, energy storage, and air travel are just a few of the things that have been democratized by technology, creating new possibilities for billions of people.

In the old days, I'd have to go as a company, buy computer resources, buy servers, buy storage, and lash it all together. It took a long time to stand up. Now, if I need, I can go to Amazon or Rackspace and buy some computer power nearly instantaneously.

Microsoft was not a mysterious, strange entity. You put your PC on and there's an ad for them.

example of such an application, although it hasn't yet gained wide traction. Nor will the Web 2.0 revolution be limited to PC applications. Salesforce.com demonstrates

Manuel Blum, who many people consider the father of cryptography [encryption, etc.].

Los datos quedarán encriptados cuando la máquina esté apagada o en modo suspendido.

NetLimiter con Windows

I grew up with a computer, and many of my friends were people I met online.

The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.

The Geek shall inherit the world

se encontraba su hombre junto a una computadora portátil abierta, tecleando algo con las manos enfundadas en unos guantes de látex.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE 127.0.0.1

She knew the computer's processors auditioned thirty million keys per second – one hundred billion per hour. If TRANSLTR was still counting, that meant the key had to be enormous – over ten billion digits long.