Subject: Things » Computers

Computing power increases as the square of the cost; if you want to do it twice as cheaply, you have to do it four times slower.

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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.

(1919 – 2011) American news commentator & writer
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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.

(1917 – ) English physicist & science fiction author
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Just tried to switch to Bing… Google was like, “You can, but it’d be a real shame if some of your old searches got out.”

(1973 – ) American writer, stand-up comedian, actor, director & producer
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My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

(1956 – ) American comedian
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The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.

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The main reason I don’t cheat on my girlfriend is so I can go for a shower without taking my phone, laptop and iPad with me.

British comedian
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Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.

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Obsolete: Any computer you own.

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Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.

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The only people making money these days are the ones who sell computer paper.

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There are two major products that come out of Berkeley LSD and UNIX; we don't believe this to be a coincidence.

American computer systems administrator
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The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

(1907 – 1989) American writer
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User: Collective term for those who stare vacantly at a monitor.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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User-Friendly: Of or pertaining to any feature, device or concept that makes perfect sense to its programmer.

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If a computer cable has one end, then it has another.

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Mouse: An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate.

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To better understand why you need a personal computer, let’s take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years.

(1903 – 1957) Hungarian-American mathematician
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There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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To err is human; to really foul things up takes a computer.

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