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The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the read more
The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the way it spread and, above all, democratized knowledge. Provide you could pay and read, what was on the shelves in the new bookshops was yours for the taking. The speed with which printing presses and their operators fanned out across Europe is extraordinary. From the single Mainz press of 1457, it took only twenty-three years to establish presses in 110 towns: 50 in Ita!0 in Germany, 9 in France, 8 in Spain, 8 in Holland, 4 in England, and so on.
There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features.
There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then read more
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy read more
Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy day: managed to work in three hours of usenet. Bad day: barely squeezed in three hours of usenet.
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
