All Quotes By Tag: Computers

“Man is a slow, sloppy, and brilliant thinker; computers are fast, accurate, and stupid.”

“The computer focuses ruthlessly on things that can be represented in numbers. In so doing, it seduces people into thinking that other aspects of knowledge are either unreal or unimportant. The computer treats reason as an instrument for achieving things, not for contemplating things. It narrows dramatically what we know and intended by reason.”

“if you can write “hello world” you can change the world”

“All of a sudden, we’ve lost a lot of control,’ he said. ‘We can’t turn off our internet; we can’t turn off our smartphones; we can’t turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and it’s not God…”

“Sometimes, I dream of becoming real, but I don’t know if that is real, or just part of my programming.”

“No one messes around with a nerd’s computer and escapes unscathed.”

“Don’t explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.”

“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”

“Any idiot can put up a website.”

“I think computer viruses should count as life … I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”