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When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the read more
When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the idea with great fervour and emotion, the distinguished but elderly scientests are then, after all, right. -Isaac Asimov.
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back read more
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are read more
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.
Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.
I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.
I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a read more
Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a 25-year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have people all across the country know about it.
Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium.
Intel has announced its next chip: the Repentium.
