by Ardrich
October 14, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
~ Jef Raskin, interviewed in Doctor Dobb’s Journal
by Ardrich
September 29, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. ~ Putt’s Law
by Ardrich
September 16, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. ~ Pablo Picasso
by Ardrich
September 1, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
~ Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
by Ardrich
August 18, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. ~ Unknown
by Ardrich
July 21, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? ~ Clifford Stoll
by Ardrich
July 8, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
~ Rick Cook
by Ardrich
June 22, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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“Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”
~ Mitchell Kapor
by Ardrich
June 9, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII – and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure. ~Douglas Adams
by Ardrich
May 26, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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The Internet is the world’s largest library. It’s just that all the books are on the floor. ~ John Allen Paulos
