#compute

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

That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it. ↗

— Jon Postel

#article #clearly #computer #explaining #interesting

There's nothing I'd rather do than sort of, you know, sit at my computer and rhyme. ↗

— Gary Ross

#i #know #nothing #rather #rhyme

The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network. ↗

— Eric S. Raymond

#first #high-speed #network

A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbuster is a dinosaur; that the computer mouse is a hotrod; that the box is a cave; that the rawhide is a torch... or a baton... or something. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#bigger #bold #box #cave #computer

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#about #computer #ever #everything #garbage

I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems. ↗

— Roger McGough

#computer #i #many #poems #switching

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#computer #going #idea #look #ludicrous

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games. ↗

— Eugene Jarvis

#computer #games #legitimate #only #play

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#because #bonds #certain #chemical #computer