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The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the read more
The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the way it spread and, above all, democratized knowledge. Provide you could pay and read, what was on the shelves in the new bookshops was yours for the taking. The speed with which printing presses and their operators fanned out across Europe is extraordinary. From the single Mainz press of 1457, it took only twenty-three years to establish presses in 110 towns: 50 in Ita!0 in Germany, 9 in France, 8 in Spain, 8 in Holland, 4 in England, and so on.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other read more
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
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.
The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.
The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to read more
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty. read more
One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty. - The Zykovs, 1914.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that read more
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
