It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be read more

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.

URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.

By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But read more

By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.

Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.

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.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates read more

Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.