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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain read more
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If read more
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. - When Things Start to Think, 1999.
That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.
That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.
If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.
If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them read more
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.
We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway.polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection read more
We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway.polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection business.
