#computers

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

— Alan Perlis

#computing #definition #frustration #into #living

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

People are on their computers more than watching TV, because you can only watch voyeur TV, which is basically what reality shows are, for so long. ↗

— Stephen Root

#because #computers #long #more #only

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#computer #interesting #more #question #submarine

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

— Alan Perlis

#computer #english #japan #made #probably

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. ↗

— Jef Raskin

#complaining #every #exploded #happens #imagine

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer. ↗

— Dan Rather

#computer #err #foul #human #really

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#computing #correctly #forever #once #performs

My whole life had been designing computers I could never build. ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#build #computers #could #designing #had

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#easier #home #makes #much #our