“Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.”
— Clifford Stoll
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To me, there is something superbly symbolic
“To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.”
— Adlai Stevenson
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When I was in Japan on tour
“When I was in Japan on tour in 2010, I felt like I was 30 years into the future. I love technology and they are so advanced with their phones, computers, everything. I think they had the iPhone way before we did in the U.S. I love gadgets, games, social media and I try to stay ahead on all that stuff, but they get it all first.”
— Soulja Boy
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One of the things that is not
“One of the things that is not so good is that a decision was made long ago about the size of an IP address – 32 bits. At the time it was a number much larger than anyone could imagine ever having that many computers but it turned out to be to small.”
— Jon Postel
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I think I thought it would be
“I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.”
— Jack Kilby
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To err is human, but to really
“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”
— Paul R. Ehrlich
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Yet in this global economy, no jobs
“Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.”
— Bob Taft
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They went back there, looked at all
“They went back there, looked at all the computers, asked me to come in and tell them what all the computers were for specifically so they knew how to dismantle the network I had been running.”
— Sherman Austin
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Musicians and journalists are the canaries in
“Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions.”
— Jaron Lanier
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The great advance of personal computers was
“The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it.”
— Kevin Kelly
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The internet is not for sissies.
“The internet is not for sissies.”
— Paul Vixie
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