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Computers Quotes
Everything that I’ve learned about computers at MIT I have boiled down into three principles: Unix: You think it won’t work, but if you find the right wizard, he can make it work. Macintosh: You think it will work, but it won’t. PC/Windows: You think it won’t work, and it won’t.
Sure I want to use computers, since I’ve never screwed anything up at the speed of light before!
He who hasn’t hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
One thing a computer can do that most humans can’t is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse.
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
I call the conducting machine: “Apple” because it sends Jobs away, does nothing for a while then gets Jobs back.
Like medieval peasants, computer manufacturers and millions of users are locked in a seemingly eternal lease with their evil landlord, who comes around every two years to collect billions of dollars of taxes in return for mediocre services.
Immunity to boredom gives the computer an edge.
Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.
