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A satellite has no conscience.
A satellite has no conscience.
The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to read more
The Internet is like a giant jellyfish. You can't step on it. You can't go around it. You've got to get through it.
From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we read more
From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.
Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.
Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something read more
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think read more
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of read more
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
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.
