"Results eventually reach a point at which a finer mesh no longer yields an appreciable difference. This type of convergence study helps generate accurate solutions with meshes that are sufficiently dense and yet not overly demanding of computer resources."

"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is nothing like Shakespeare."

"A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind."

"People say Microsoft paid $14M for using the Rolling Stones song 'Start me up' in their commercials. This is wrong. Microsoft payed $14M only for a part of the song. For instance, they didn't use the line 'You'll make a…"

"Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it."

"This is not a phone business. This is the smallest video camera, it's the smallest computer, smallest TV."

"In computing, invariants are ephemeral."

"Technology: No Place for Wimps!"

"In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm."

"Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium, not a new economy."

"Macintosh computer are easy to use. It's also easy to stick your hand in a wood chipper."

"As network administrator I can take down the network with one keystroke. It's just like being a doctor but without getting gooky stuff on my paws."

"Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones."

"Technology favors horrible people."

"Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress."

"Systems have sub-systems and sub-systems have sub- systems and so on ad infinitum - which is why we're always starting over."

"Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time."

"It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers."

"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight."

"Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible and efficient markets for labor and capital, an entrepreneurial tradition, and a general willingness to…"

"We will never become a truly paper-less society until the Palm Pilot folks come out with WipeMe 1.0."

"If a program is useful, it will have to be changed."

"The Internet is the end of civilizations, cultures, interests and ethics."

"Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine."

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

"People keep asking me what I think of it now that it's done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done!"

"A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project takes only twice as long."

"Be nice to geeks when you're in school, you might end-up working for one when you grow-up."

"The new information technology—Internet and e-mail—have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications."

"Within a computer natural language is unnatural."

"Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves."

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

"To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines."

"Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster."

"Ever notice how fast Windows runs ? — Neither did I."

"If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything."

"We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on."

"Back up my hard disk ? I can't find the reverse switch !"

"You will not even have enough time to go online and download all the patches to your computer before it is infected."

"Over time, it's becoming more and more understood by people that we're acting in their interests. And that's a very, very powerful thing for our brand."

"The best accelerator available for a Mac is one that causes it to go at 9.81 m/s2."

"Technology is the drug of choice for most Americans. Source unknown Theory: when you have ideas. Ideology: when ideas have you."

"Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes."

"Hardware: where the people in your company's software section will tell you the problem is. Software: where the people in your company's hardware section will tell you the problem is."

"Good code is its own best documentation."

"I also introduce skills like using a hula hoop or jumping rope. I think many kids this age need a break from the computer or video games to learn these very important physical skills."

"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…"

"Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf."