It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers. Brian Kernighan computerimportantinform Change image and share on social
Even though most people won't be directly involved with programming, everyone is affected by computers, so an educated person should have a good understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networks operate. Brian Kernighan affectcomputerdirectly share on social
If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers! Don Bluth computerdrawdrudgery Change image and share on social
By the end of 1978, we had 11 partners and six franchisees, we were operating in 22 cities, and we had about 6,000 clients. We had left Electronic Accounting Systems and were doing our own processing on our own computers. Tom Golisano 000accountcity share on social
Desktop computers - boxes inside boxes - began appearing in those cubicles in the mid-eighties, electrical cords curling on the floor like so many ropes. Jill Lepore appearbeginbox Change image and share on social
What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of information that human beings themselves, as a species, can process. Seth Lloyd amountbeingcomputer share on social
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. Stephen Hawking computercountcreate share on social
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. Stephen Hawking afraidafterlifebrain Change image and share on social
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. Joseph Campbell computergodlot Change image and share on social