“The human venture depends absolutely on this quality of awe and reverence and joy in the Earth and all that lives and grows upon the Earth. As soon as we isolate ourselves from these currents of life and from the profound mood that these engender within us, then our basic life-satisfactions are diminished. None of our machine-made products, none of our computer-based achievements can evoke that total commitment to life.” HumansMadeEarthJoyGrowsQualityGrowing UpProductsDependsAchievementComputerCommitmentMachinesProfoundCurrentsSatisfactionMoodAweReverenceVentureEvoke Book:The Great Work: Our Way into the Future Source: The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
“My current computer, in addition to 'DOS,' has 'Windows,' which is another invention of Bill Gates, designed as a security measure to thwart those users who are somehow able to get past DOS.” AblePastSecurityComputerWindowBillsCurrentsInventionGatesUsersSecurity Measures Author:Dave Barry
“I used to want to be a computer programmer when I was younger. We got an Apple II Plus when I was, like, 11 and I wrote programs and BASIC on that, like I think a lot of people did, but I have no idea how to program in the current languages at all.” PeopleThinkingWantIdeasUsedLanguageComputerProgramCurrentsNo IdeaApplesPlusProgrammersComputer Programmers Author:Chris Parnell
“Apple Computer would not have reached its current peak of success if it had feared to roll the dice and launch products that didn't always hit the mark. In the mid-1990s, the company was considered washed up. Steve Jobs had departed, and a string of lackluster product launches unrelated to the company's core business had failed to catch fire.” IfsJobsCompanyProductsComputerMarkCurrentsCoreApplesStringsDiceDeparted Author:Naveen Jain
“Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.” MenMindBelieveMadeI BelieveWasteComputerConsciousTasksCurrentsWasting TimeAnalogies Book:The View From Nowhere Source: The View From Nowhere