“Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.”
— Ted Nelson
Author: Ted Nelson
Category: computers
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The good news about computers is that
“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.”
— Ted Nelson
Author: Ted Nelson
Category: computers
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In my second year in graduate school,
“In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.”
— Ted Nelson
Author: Ted Nelson
Category: graduation
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So in my uncertainty, I went to
“So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.”
— Ted Nelson
Author: Ted Nelson
Category: graduation
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They were saying computers deal with numbers.
“They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.”
— Ted Nelson
Author: Ted Nelson
Category: computers
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