Technology Quotes

If Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell-check.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?

Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.

It’s ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition is really becoming more obsolete every minute.

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

The computer is a moron.

I think one of the big errors people are making right now is thinking that old-style businesses will be obsolete, when actually they will be an important part of this new civilization. Some retail groups are introducing e-commerce and think that the "bricks" are no longer useful. But they will continue to be important.

Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return.

WWW? Nice toy, but what a waste of time.

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.

The world is coming to an end... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!

Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live.

It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their creators.

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.

A Windows user spends 1/3 of his life sleeping, 1/3 working, 1/3 waiting.

The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?

I completely love playing and designing games and always will. I am so into games that I listen to game music all day. That may sound strange, but you can guarantee I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

These are best-of-breed computers for consumers looking for the best technology available for advanced multimedia and entertainment applications.

A hacker on a roll may be able to produce–in a period of a few months–something that a small development group (say, 7-8 people) would have a hard time getting together over a year. IBM used to report that certain programmers might be as much as 100 times as productive as other workers, or more.