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"I've heard that, but since I'm computer illiterate I don't know how it all works. But since I'm on Prodigy tonight, I'm learning a lot through my typist, Peter."

"I've heard that, but since I'm computer illiterate I don't know how it all works. But since I'm on Prodigy tonight, I'm learning a lot through my typist, Peter."

Bobby Sherman, American Musician

Computer, Learning

7

"The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it."

"The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Computer, Computers, Power, Control, Fact

7

"You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing."

"You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing."

Roy Romer, American Politician

Computer, Manufacturing, Software

7

"The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it."

"The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it."

Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist

Computer, End, Old, Will

7

"I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now."

"I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now."

Jhumpa Lahiri, American Author

Computer, Computers, Life, People, Internet

7

"We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone."

"We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

Computer, Internet, Will, Years

7

"Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?"

"Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?"

Tom Clancy, American Novelist

7

"So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature."

"So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature."

Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist

Computer, Computers, Nature, Possibility, Now

6

"After all, just one virus on a computer is one too many."

"After all, just one virus on a computer is one too many."

Glenn Turner, New Zealander Athlete

Computer, Newzealander

6

"We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal."

"We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Computer, Computers, Vision, Talk, Want

6

"Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living."

"Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living."

Nicholas Negroponte, American Businessman

Computer, Computers, Living

6

"Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!"

"Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!"

Patty Murray, American Politician

Computer, Senate, Senators, States

6

"I just recently did a film with Disney, and they put the drawings straight on the computer. And it's all painted on the computer now and not by hand anymore."

"I just recently did a film with Disney, and they put the drawings straight on the computer. And it's all painted on the computer now and not by hand anymore."

Gerald Scarfe, British Artist

Computer, Disney, Film, Now

5

"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."

"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."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Computer, Computers, Fact, Man

4

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

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

Dave Barry, American Journalist

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