“Organized common (or uncommon) sense -- very basic knowledge -- is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People calculate too much and think too little.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPowerfulCommonToo MuchDangerHugeComputerToolsCommon SenseOrganizedUncommon Author:Charlie Munger
“Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that you have such an object available. If you focus on this, you'll be able to be lifted many many times each day. Some common examples include: a pen, fork, cup, key, computers, clock, chair, stapler, and eyeglasses.” IfsFeelsFactsUseAblePleasureCommonFocusExampleObjectsKeysGratitudeComputerInstrumentsAppreciationAvailableCupsClockEach DayChairsPensForksEyeglassesUtensils Author:Zelig Pliskin
“Think of it: the lowest common denominator in being digital is not your operating system, modem, or model of computer. It's a tiny piece of plastic, designed decades ago by Bell Labs' Charles Krumreich, Edwin Hardesty, and company, who thought they were making an inconspicuous plug for a few telephone handsets. Not in their wildest dreams was Registered Jack 11 - a modular connector more commonly known as the RJ-11 - meant to be plugged and unplugged so many times, by so many people, for so many reasons, all over the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldReasonDreamCommonCompanyKnownPiecesComputerModelsDecadesTinyDigitalMeant To BeBellsPlasticLowestTelephonesLabsPlugsCommon DenominatorOperating SystemsWildest DreamsLowest Common DenominatorConnectors Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“The practice of first developing a clear and precise definition of a process without regard for efficiency, and then using it as a guide and a test in exploring equivalent processes possessing other characteristics, such as greater efficiency, is very common in mathematics. It is a very fruitful practice which should not be blighted by premature emphasis on efficiency in computer execution.” ShouldFirstsProcessCommonPracticeClearGreaterComputerTestsRegardMathematicsDefinitionsGuidesDevelopingCharacteristicsExecutionEfficiencyExploringPreciseEmphasisPossessingPremature Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.” IfsThinkingWritingHandsCommonComputerStuckCornered Author:David Nicholls
“Computers operate on simple principles that can be easily understood by anybody with some common sense, a little imagination, and an IQ of 750.” LittlesImaginationSimpleCommonPrinciplesComputerUnderstoodCommon Sense Book:Dave Barry in Cyberspace Source: Dave Barry in Cyberspace
“These machines have no common sense; they have not yet learned to "think," and they do exactly as they are told, no more and no less. This fact is the hardest concept to grasp when one first tries to use a computer.” ThinkingTryingFirstsFactsUseCommonComputerConceptsMachinesHardestCommon SenseNo Common Sense Book:The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental algorithms Source: The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental algorithms
“Your mind and a computer have one thing in common: neither of them know the difference between the truth... and what you tell it.” KnowsMindDifferencesCommonOne ThingComputer Author:Ken Blanchard
“I think Trump has made it really hard for people to read, period. He's made it hard for me anyway. Part of his evil is the way it constantly distracts us, constantly upends our horizon. To leave your computer for three hours now is to miss a year's worth of drama. This is programmatic and common to other autocratic regimes of our times.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsMadeHardThreeEvilHoursCommonMissingTrumpPeriodsDramaComputerMade ItOur TimeHorizonRegimes Author:Jonathan Raymond
“Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables are controlled and predictable. Robots are bad at pattern recognition and certainly at common sense. That's why computers can beat humans in chess but can't have even a basic conversation with a six-year-old.” CommonComputerCapableChessCommon SenseRecognitionPredictable Author:Michio Kaku
“Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions.” PeopleFirstsHelpingSpiritBornPowerfulCommonEgoComputerInstitutionsGreedRevolutionaryMost PowerfulRise Above Author:Steve Wozniak