“If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.”
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computers
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“Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.”
“Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders.”
“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.”
“We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable.”
“I just became one with my browser software.”
“Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.”
“When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.”
“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.”
“I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.”
“The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.”
“Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.”
“Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.”
“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”
“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”
“Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!”
“You can't trust the internet.”
“I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.”
“The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.”
“Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.”
“I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing you're screwed'.”
“Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.”
“The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.”
“I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.”