“The Supreme Court has held that code is speech. And it doesn't matter that it's done on a computer or done face to face or done in a newspaper, reporting the facts of the world is protected speech.” WorldMatterDoneFactsFacesSpeechComputerCourtNewspapersSupremeCodeProtectedSupreme CourtFace To Face Author:Jimmy Wales
“We thought it was only in science fiction that things created by humans could actually take over what is inherently our human heritage. But Thom Hartmann shows how we've already let that happen on a frightening scale - not in Frankenstein's monsters or Kubrick's creeping computer Hal - but in the corporations that present their friendly 'faces' to us as if we have nothing to fear from this ultimate usurpation of our rights as real humans.” IfsHumansRealShowsHappensFacesFictionRightsComputerUltimateScience FictionMonstersScalesCorporationsFriendlyHeritageFrighteningUsurpationFrankenstein's MonsterFriendly Faces Author:Ed Ayres
“The big corporations are suddenly taking notice of the web, and their reactions have been slow. Even the computer industry failed to see the importance of the Internet, but that's not saying much. Let's face it, the computer industry failed to see that the century would end.” Has BeensEndsBigsFacesCenturyIndustryInternetComputerImportanceReactionsCorporationsBig Corporations Author:Douglas Adams
“Man must be at once more humble and more confident; more humble in the face of destructive potentials of what he can achieve, more confident of his own humanity as against computers and robots which are only engines to simulate him.” MenFacesHumanityAchieveComputerHumbleDestructiveEnginesRobotsSimulate Author:Max Lerner
“Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.” EnoughHandsFacesTurnsPracticeDoorsTreeComputerBeatsFruitStrikesHolesFirmChampionApplesRoughMatureNurtureHarvestCropsBarkTrunksTurn OffPluckTransplantsApple TreesMettle Author:Nick Offerman
“It seems that nearly every week there is a problem where information is leaked or computers hacked. I'm conscious of keeping my details as safe as possible. I might be old but I'm still bright and prefer to go into my local branch and see a face.” StillsProblemSeemsMightFacesWeekInformationSafeComputerConsciousDetailsLocalsBranchesHacked Author:Geoff Capes
“Computer enhancement has spread to still photography in advertisements, fashion pictorials, and magazine covers, where the human figure and face are subtly elongated or remodeled at will. Caricature is our ruling mode.” HumansStillsFacesFashionFiguresComputerPhotographySpreadMagazinesRulingAdvertisementsCaricaturesEnhancementMagazine Covers Author:Camille Paglia
“My first epiphany that this might work came on my first day, when I went into biofeedback. They hooked me up to computers through electrodes, put me in a comfortable lounge chair, put an eye pillow over my face, slipped speakers onto my head and played an audio guided visualization.” FirstsMightEyeFacesComfortableComputerChairsSpeakersPillowVisualizationHookedEpiphanyAudio Author:Brad Willis
“I use a computer, but before I begin each new book I keep a notebook. I write down everything that comes to mind during that period before I actually begin. It might take months or weeks. That notebook is my security blanket so that I never have to face a blank screen (or blank page). But I print out often and my best ideas usually come with a pencil in my hand.” WritingMindBookIdeasUseHandsMightFacesWeekSecurityMonthsPeriodsComputerPagesScreensPrintBlankPencilsBlanketNotebookNew BooksBlank Pages Author:Judy Blume
“Here are a few ways to face a habit and say "no" to it: Go outside your fixed routine; turn off the computer and the television; find a new outlet for your down time; talk to someone who holds a viewpoint contrary to yours and pay respectful attention, really listening.” WayFacesTurnsPayAttentionTelevisionListeningHabitComputerContraryFixedRoutineOutletsRespectfulViewpointsTurn OffDown Time Author:Deepak Chopra
“When I'm sitting at my computer writing, I really have this fiendish smile on my face. I am not thinking about the past or the future or how it's going to be received. I feel that I'm very lucky that way; I don't carry that particular anxiety around with me. I'm not anxiety-free by any means, but that happens to be one that I've been spared.” ThinkingWayFeelsWritingMeanHappensPastFacesParticularLuckyAnxietyComputerSittingSmile On My FaceThinking About The Past Author:Maria Semple
“I spoke to a blogger. It was election time when we were doing the movie and Hillary Clinton was still in the running. This blogger was doing a story on democratic women who were anti-Hillary. He was on the computer speaking to these women and it made me realize that you can reach a much broader audience online but on the other hand Russell's [Crowe] character argues that you still need to get on the streets and see people face to face, and check your facts.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCharacterFactsStoriesHandsRunningFacesRealizingAudienceStreetsComputerElectionDemocraticClintonArguingChecksOnlineSpokesFace To FaceBloggersElection Time Author:Rachel McAdams
“We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this.” HumansKidsFacesTechnologyComputerHuman Relationships Author:Lenny Kravitz
“The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day.” PeopleThinkingProblemFacesComputerSolveProofApplesGoogleComputer Science Author:Eric Schmidt
“'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.” MeanPersonsFacesSongNextFeltLevelsComputerRuinsNext Day Author:Taylor Swift
“When a writer looked at an empty computer screen, what did she see? Tristan wondered. A movie screen ready to be lit with faces? A night sky with one small star blinking at the top, a universe ready to be written on? Endless possibilities. Love's endless twists and turns - and all love's impossibilities.” FacesNightTurnsUniverseStarsWrittenSkyPossibilityReadyComputerEmptyScreensEndlessLitTwistsImpossibilityNight SkyTwists And TurnsComputer ScreenEndless Possibilities Book:Kissed by an Angel Source: Kissed by an Angel
“Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we build on top of the work of others rather than redoing so much of it in a trivially different way.” WayDifferentProblemFacesScienceDifferencesSituationHard WorkComputerDifferent WaysComputer Science Author:Richard Hamming