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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says read more
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
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.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating read more
Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.
I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.
I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can read more
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs.
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.
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.
Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window.
Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window.
