Subject: Things » Computers (Page 2)

Back in the day, Instagram just meant a really efficient drug dealer.

(1954 – ) English comedian writer

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila.

journalist, media executive & entrepreneur

Any given program, when running, is obsolete.

Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction — from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

User: Collective term for those who stare vacantly at a monitor.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.

We are now able to create virtual realities on computers… are we all living in one created by someone in the future?

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian, television writer/producer & radio host

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime.


Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?

(1950 – ) astronomer, author & computer security consultant

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Never program and drink beer at the same time.

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.

(1917 – ) English physicist & science fiction author

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.

American computer programmer

To err is human… and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

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

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

I have one friend whose Facebook updates are exclusively complaining about Facebook.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

At some point, the computer industry decided if you have an e-mail address, you must have some kind of penis problem.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian, television writer/producer & radio host

Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why?… the answer is one word: versions.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

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