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"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

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"That's the new way - with computers, computers, computers. That's the way we can have the cell survive and get some new information in high resolution. We started about five years ago and, today, I think we have reached the target."

"That's the new way - with computers, computers, computers. That's the way we can have the cell survive and get some new information in high resolution. We started about five years ago and, today, I think we have reached the target."

Lennart Nilsson, Swedish Photographer

Computer, Computers, Information, Resolution, Today

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"The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans."

"The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans."

David Smith, American Educator

Computer, Computers, Society, Question, Thinking

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"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

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"And then you start getting into the technical side of it and the aesthetic side and with those areas you can come up with new ways to visualise things, new ways to render and use the computer to make things look different and new and stuff like that."

"And then you start getting into the technical side of it and the aesthetic side and with those areas you can come up with new ways to visualise things, new ways to render and use the computer to make things look different and new and stuff like that."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

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"And my real enemy is not to hold the specimen sterile, but it's the lighting. The light is our real enemy. So we have to work with very very poor lighting. But we can increase the light with computers."

"And my real enemy is not to hold the specimen sterile, but it's the lighting. The light is our real enemy. So we have to work with very very poor lighting. But we can increase the light with computers."

Lennart Nilsson, Swedish Photographer

Computer, Computers, Work, Enemy, Light

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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."

"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."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

Computer, Internet, Word

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"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

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"When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment."

"When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment."

Frank Press, American Scientist

Computer, Computers, First

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"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

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"Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band."

"Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band."

James Iha, American Musician

Computer, Computers, World

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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."

"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

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"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

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"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."

"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"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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