#engine

If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too. ↗

— Patricia Schroeder

#because #creators #engines #future #living

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running. ↗

— Gary Sinise

#careers #engine #keep #like #off

I’ve always been suspicious of the assumption that great intelligence would be an unqualified benefit— that the madness that so often accompanies it can be cavalierly dismissed. So I asked the question: Suppose there were an entire subpopulation of extreme geniuses, well beyond anything that would occur naturally. What would that really look like? ↗

— Andrew M. Ryan

#nihilism #psychological-thriller #intelligence

In truth search can no more be considered independent of the Web than the Web can work without search. This symbiotic relationship brings forth all sorts of issues because it becomes part of a traditional push and pull where the Web, represented by those who actively work in it, wants to push all the wrong things, while search wants to pull in everything. ↗

— David Amerland

#google-semantic-search #semantic-search #the-semantic-web #relationship

Babbage's Three Laws of Difference Engines First Law: A difference engine must have at least six cogs. Second Law: A difference engine must be able to operate a loom. Third law: A difference engine must be able to kill a man, should the mood so take it. ↗

— Gideon Defoe

#humour #robotics #steampunk #romantic

I don't really like to talk specifically about customers by name - but we work with nearly all the leading manufacturers of consumer products worldwide and at quite a detailed engineering level. ↗

— David Milne

#consumer #customers #detailed #engineering #i

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#buildings #course #engineers #gently #given

I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#engineer #ever #i #i am #nerdy

The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#been #done #engine #film #going

Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#apple #chinese #company #customers #engine