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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.
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.
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.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Innovators are inevitably controversial.
Innovators are inevitably controversial.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.
All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.
