#compute

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane. ↗

— Richard Perle

#assign #commander #computer #could #done

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computing #definition #frustration #into #living

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computer science #embarrassed #science

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computer #english #japan #made #probably

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. ↗

— Emo Philips

#beat #boxing #chess #computer #kick

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing. ↗

— Emo Philips

#beat #checkers #computer #i #kickboxing

I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer's block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the typewriter - now, computer - lit up a cigarette. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#block #cigarette #computer #did #down

We have an epidemic of sexual predators following our children, whether it be on the computers, whether it be in our public parks, whether it be in the workplace, or even our schools. ↗

— Jon Porter

#computers #epidemic #even #following #our

But I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection. ↗

— Jon Postel

#connection #good #home #i #i do

One of the things that is not so good is that a decision was made long ago about the size of an IP address - 32 bits. At the time it was a number much larger than anyone could imagine ever having that many computers but it turned out to be to small. ↗

— Jon Postel

#address #ago #anyone #bits #computers