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"One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'"
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"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."
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"I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill."
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"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot."
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"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software."
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"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."
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"Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'"
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"Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted."
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"Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions."
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"Computers have become more friendly, understandable, and lots of years and thought have been put into developing software to convince people that they want and need a computer."
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"That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it."
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"Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters."
Earth
"One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'"
Computer
"Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing."
Complexity
"Bulls do not win bull fights. People do."
People
"Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank."
Rank
"All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'"
Mind
"The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity."
Precision
"Hardware works best when it matters the least."
Technology
"By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions."
Time
"The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money."
Money
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