Computers do slow things down, but one thing can be said for them: they provide work for people who would otherwise be unemployable.
Computers Quotes
The only thing God “didn’t” do to Job was give him a computer.
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history-with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
When you say: “I wrote a program that crashed Windows”, people just stare at you blankly and say: “Hey, I got those with the system for free.”
Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.
Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.
Computers make it easy to do a lot of things, but most of the things that make it easier to do don’t need to be done.
In the beginning there was data. The data was without form and null,and darkness was upon the face of the console; and the Spirit of IBM was moving over the face of the market. And DEC said, “Let there be registers”; and there were registers. And DEC saw that they carried; and DEC separated the […]
