Computers Quotes

The Lord is my programmer, I shall not crash. He installed his software on the hard disk of my heart; all of His commands are user-friendly. His directory guides me to the right choices for His name’s sake. Even though I scroll through the problems of life, I will fear no bugs, for He is […]

Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.

Scandisk is now checking your hard disk. You can start praying.

All a computer does is tell a consistent story: a consistent truth or, if the programmer’s guesses are unlikely, a consistent fiction.

We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.

The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer.

The computer is more than a tool, it is a medium. Just as the typeface standardised information -changing us from a society where information was at the mercy of monks busy with hand-copying into a fact-loving society where non-fiction outsells fiction -so the computer will change the way we look at the world.

It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values – the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there’s something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an […]

There won’t be schools in the future. I think that the computer will blow up the school.

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.