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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?
Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or read more
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will read more
Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task itself arises only when the material conditions necessary for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.