Don’t ask a man what kind of computer he uses. If it’s a Macintosh, he’ll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?
Computers Quotes
The problem with computers is that we play with them.
Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals with out the software.
One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when was informed that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac.)
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
Even if you don’t cruise the superhighway, your personal profile will. A portrait of you in 1’s and 0’s, the language of computers, will exist in cyberspace.
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
640K ought to be enough for anybody. (1981)
For the computer security community, the moral is obvious: if you are designing a system whose functions include providing evidence, it had better be able to withstand hostile review.
