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So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the read more
So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies of the damned, but give him a little metal, a few chemicals, some wire and twenty or thirty billion dollars and, vroom! there he is, up on a rock a quarter of a million miles up in the sky.
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form read more
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. -Patrick Blackett.
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, read more
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.
Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.
What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within read more
What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within the reach of our resources. Both now depend upon human decision and human will.
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.