“Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. But in fact we need to focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming or operating the application of the machines.” PeopleNeedsHumansFactsCareFocusComputerMachinesProgrammingApplicationEngineers Author:Yukihiro Matsumoto
“Computer programmers, biotechnologists, environmental scientists, neuroscientists, nanotech engineers - all of these fields, and more, should have at least a course in ethics as part of their degree requirements.” ShouldCoursesFieldsDegreesComputerEthicsShould HaveScientistEnvironmentalEngineersRequirementsProgrammersComputer Programmers Author:Jamais Cascio
“In the judgment of design engineers, the ordinary means of communicating with a computer are entirely inadequate. [...] Graphical communication in some form or other is of vital importance in engineering as that subject is now conducted; we must either provide the capability in our computer systems, or take on the impossible task of training up a future race of engineers conditioned to think in a different way.” ThinkingWayMeanDifferentFormRaceImpossibleSubjectsDesignCommunicationJudgmentComputerTrainingOrdinaryTasksImportanceCommunicateDifferent WaysCapabilityEngineeringEngineersInadequateComputer Systems Author:Maurice Wilkes
“The fact that the infrastructure is falling apart is not necessarily because it's built poorly. The New York City subways were built in 1903. The fact that they're still running at all is an enormous success. The fact that New York City's bridges have held up as long as they have is extraordinary, and the engineers didn't have computers to tell them about tolerance. They overbuilt these things - traffic on them is like an ant on an elephant.” LongStillsFactsRunningFallCitiesNew YorkComputerBuiltExtraordinaryToleranceEnormousBridgesNew York CityEngineersTrafficElephantsFalling ApartInfrastructureAntsSubway Author:Alan Weisman
“Learning how to code and program computers when I was a kid was one of the best choices I made growing up. By writing code, I learned how to bring my dreams to life, how to budget, and how to build stuff. Whatever path you choose in life - being an artist, an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a politician, you will give yourself a huge leg up if you learn how to code.” IfsGivingWritingMadeDreamKidsArtistChoicesStuffGrowing UpPathTeacherGrowingHugePoliticianComputerProgramLegsLawyerCodeBudgetsYou ChooseEngineersBeing An ArtistWriting Code Author:Robert Glaser
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” MenInspirationalWisdomInspirationMotivationalScienceCan DoWorkBusinessTechnologyStrengthHard WorkComputerOrdinaryMachinesExtraordinaryIndividualityFiftyEngineersOutstandingHippieBest WorkHuman ResourcesScience And TechnologyOrdinary ManMotivational WorkLabor DayModern TechnologyComputer TechnologyScience TechnologyTechnology And EducationOrdinary Extraordinary Author:Elbert Hubbard
“Real software engineers don't debug programs, they verify correctness. This process doesn't necessarily involve execution of anything on a computer, except perhaps a Correctness Verification Aid package. Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.” RealSexProcessLove IsComputerProgramEmptyAidsSoftwareExecutionEngineersPackagesWithout LoveCorrectnessVerifyVerificationSex Without Love Author:Woody Allen
“If our hearts and minds are not properly transformed, we are like musicians playing untuned instruments, or engineers working with broken and ill-programmed computers. The attunement of the heart is essential to the outflow of grace...We must aim at building the structures of God's kingdom but recognized that we will only create these through the transformation of our experience. Concentration on reformation without revival leads to skins without wine; concentration on revival without reformation soon loses the wine for want of skins.” IfsWantMindHeartLosesGraceBuildingBrokenEssentialsComputerMusicianSkinsTransformationAimInstrumentsWineStructureIllKingdomsConcentrationTransformedEngineersHeart And MindRevivalReformation Author:Richard Lovelace
“Suppose there are some things that we don't understand about the universe, but if you understand human intelligence and you understand the gaps in our abilities to think about things, maybe we can engineer in a computer more advanced intelligences that can help augment our ability to think.” IfsThinkingHumansHelpingUniverseAbilityComputerGapsEngineersHuman Intelligence Author:Edward Boyden
“There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example.” BlackLinesWhiteExampleComputerEngineersBlack And WhiteAutismDividingAspergers Author:Temple Grandin
“Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay competitive. But exactly whose competitiveness are we talking about? Not the competitiveness of, say, American-born computer engineers. Adjusted for inflation, their earnings haven't gone anywhere in years. That's in part because American companies have been sending so much of their high-tech work abroad. Bringing more foreign-born engineers here under an expanded H1-B visa program, or a point system for that matter, will just depress wages even further.” IfsNeedsYearsWellsHas BeensMatterBornCompanyTalkingGoneTalentHavensPolicyComputerProgramFundamentalsImmigrationEducatedEngineersDepressingEarningSupporterWagesInflationImportsCompetitivenessVisaWell EducatedImmigration Policy Author:Ronald Reagan