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“Standards are always out of date. That's what makes them standards.”

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Alan Bennett, a British playwright, screenwriter, and actor, was born on May 9, 1934. Known for his humor and satire, his works include 'The History Boys' and 'The Lady in the Van'. more

“To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, and as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.”

People Mind Humans Human Beings Tree Special Rocks Objects Computer Treats Function Instinct Behave Sufficient Kicks Human Mind Exhibits Cognitive Interacting Sentient Beings

Author:Alan Cooper

“Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces. As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us. In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won't dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.”

Source: The Inmates are Running the Asylum

“One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, "My little computer said such a funny thing this morning".”

Littles Said Walks Morning One Day Computer Parks Funny Things Walks In The Park

Author:Alan Turing

“If you don't handle [exceptions], we shut your application down. That dramatically increases the reliability of the system.”

Ifs Computer Increase Handle Exception Application Reliability

Author:Anders Hejlsberg

“Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.”

Thinking Can Do Magic Computer

Author:Angelina Jolie

“The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.”

Problem Born Computer Solve Computing Computer Software Funny Computer

Author:Bill Gates

“Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.”

Mind Care Jobs Friendship Deals Brain Enemy Taken Worst Position Worst Enemy Your Best Friend

Author:Fred Durst

“Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.”

Needs Looks Bigs Courses Water Half Air Computer Empty Glasses Contrast Engineers Optimist Pessimist Containing Half Full Half Empty

Author:Bob Lewis

“Spreadsheet: a kind of program that lets you sit at your desk and ask all kinds of neat "what if?" questions and generate thousands of numbers instead of actually working.”

Ifs Kind Asks Numbers Computer Program All Kinds What If Desks Neat

Book:Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week

Source: Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week

“We need above all to know about changes; no one wants or needs to be reminded 16 hours a day that his shoes are on.”

Knows Want Needs Hours Computer Shoes

Author:David H. Hubel

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