Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground read more

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will read more

Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task itself arises only when the material conditions necessary for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.

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.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, read more

When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer. Peter Drucker -Scott McNeely.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.