“A source of strength in the early days was that groups in various parts of the world were prepared to construct experimental computers without necessarily intending them to be the prototype for serial production. As a result, there became available a body of knowledge about what would work and what would not work.” WorldBodyResultsGroupsSourceComputerPreparedProductionsVariousAvailableConstructsSerialsPrototypeSource Of Strength Author:Maurice Wilkes
“When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.” PeopleCan DoImagineGroupsComputerProgramIncrediblesJoining Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“Money, after all, is an abstract artifact, like language - merely symbolized by the paper or coin or whatever. If you can fully grasp its abstractedness, especially in the computer age, it becomes quite clear that no group can monopolize this abstraction, except through a series of swindle. If the usurers had been bolder, they might have monopolized language as well as currency, and people would be saying we can't write more books because we don't have enough words, the way they now say we can't build starships, because we don't have enough money.” PeopleIfsWayWritingWellsBookEnoughMightWould BeAgeLanguageClearGroupsPaperComputerSeriesAbstractCurrencyCoinsAbstractionArtifacts Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“I'm fortunate in that I'm a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with.” PeopleWorldI CanGroupsSpecialComputerCoreAround The WorldFortunatePlusLoadLecturerSpecial People Author:Paul Kane
“When you develop software, the people who write the software, the developers are the key group but the testers also play an absolutely critical role. They're the ones who ah, write thousands and thousands of examples and make sure that it's going to work on all the different computers and printers and the different amounts of memory or networks that the software'11 be used in. That's a very hard job.” PeopleWritingDifferentHardPlayJobsUsedMemoriesRolesGroupsExampleKeysAmountComputerCriticalSoftwareGoing To WorkDevelopersPrinterTesters Author:Bill Gates
“When I think about discussions at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, a group which includes not only philosophers and psychologists, but also computer scientists and linguists, it is noteworthy that one can't always tell just from the content of particular contributions from the audience, whether a given questioner is a philosopher or an empirical scientist.” ThinkingPhilosophyGivenAudiencePsychologyGroupsParticularComputerScientistPhilosopherDiscussionContributionPsychologistLinguists Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Today, a group of 20 individuals empowered by the exponential growing technologies of AI and robotics and computers and networks and eventually nanotechnology can do what only nation states could have done before.” StatesDoneTodayIndividualNationsCan DoTechnologyGrowingGroupsComputerEmpoweredRoboticsNanotechnology Author:Peter Diamandis
“When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions that had been happening all over the world, and how computers and the internet had helped those movements. He encouraged me to read a book about Anonymous, the hacker group called "white hat" hackers, meaning they're driven by ideology and social disruption as opposed to just greed.” WorldWritingBookIdeasStoriesSocialWhiteGroupsMovementRevolutionInternetComputerHappeningsGreedDrivenIdeologyHatsDisruptionHackersSocial Movements Author:Julia Stiles
“If somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in Seattle called the Institute for Disease Modelling that is a mix of computer science and math-type people, and the progress we're making in polio or plans for malaria or really driven by their deep insights.” PeopleIfsWholeHelpingProgressPlansGroupsTypeDiseaseComputerModelsMedicineInsightMathDrivenInstituteComputer ScienceSeattleMalariaModellingPolio Author:Bill Gates
“Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties.” CausesLossResultsGroupsSeriousComputerDown AndFinancialAccessTerroristObjectivesTelephonesManhattanCasualtiesHackingCyberHassleTerrorist GroupsComputer HackingFinancial Loss Author:Kevin Mitnick
“There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.” PeopleWritingMayGroupsComputerOccasionalTypewriters Author:Anne Rice
“I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!” PeopleBelieveDifferentRealUsePoliticalCoursesNamesLanguageGroupsInternetComputerConnectedDiscussionPilotsSitePalmsPolishWebsiteLaptopsGadgetsChatting Author:Lech Walesa