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I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black read more
I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black mistake.
URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.
URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
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.
When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research.
When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research.
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out read more
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.
I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little read more
I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little window is a very unnatural event.
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. read more
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that once you've made the intuitive leap you have to justify it by filling in the intermediate steps. In my case, it often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find that they don't work, so I have to give it up.