#om

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

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause with Western political extremists of the far Left and far Right. ↗

— Richard Perle

#cause #common #common cause #exclude #extremists

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others. ↗

— Richard Perle

#objectionable #others #sometimes #things

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#complexity #fools #geniuses #ignore #pragmatists

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

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#does #follows #precede #simplicity

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#change #languages #manage #programming #progress

The computing field is always in need of new cliches. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#cliches #computing #field #need #new