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"The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation."
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"To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge."

"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot."

"One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible."

"But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths."

"There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them."

"They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind."
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"The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it."

"The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large."

"The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device."

"The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world."

"Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at existing databases."

"Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information."

"I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues."
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