“My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer.” StatesUnitedDealsNumbersUnited StatesSpecialHavensReturnTaxesNormalComputerPaidTax Returns Author:Bill Gates
“John Sculley ruined Apple and he ruined it by bringing a set of values to the top of Apple which were corrupt and corrupted some of the top people who were there, drove out some of the ones who were not corruptible, and brought in more corrupt ones and paid themselves collectively tens of millions of dollars and cared more about their own glory and wealth than they did about what built Apple in the first place which was making great computers for people to use.” PeopleFirstsUseValuesWealthMillionsComputerGloryBuiltPaidDollarsApplesRuined Author:Steve Jobs
“Computer science is the most misunderstood field there is. You are being paid to solve puzzles. For a person who has practiced meditation in past lives, that is the way your mind works.” WayMindPersonsPastScienceMeditationFieldsComputerPaidSolvePuzzlesMisunderstoodComputer SciencePast Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“I want to get back to education. When I was in college I paid attention to child psychology portions of our psychology classes. I watch other people work with babies. And I saw the baby as developing like a computer and it intrigued me in my life. I wanted to do that.” PeopleWantChildrenWantedAttentionClassWatchesPsychologySawsCollegeBabyComputerPaidDevelopingGet BackPortionsIntriguedChild Psychology Author:Steve Wozniak
“I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back during the 1990s. I guess I simply paid attention to the social effects of the IT revolution as I lived through it.” SocialAttentionEffectsRevolutionDegreesComputerPaidMagazinesSoftwareDevelopersColumnists Author:Charles Stross
“Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.” LibertyIndustryBattleShapesComputerPaidPursuitDietsDramaticSoftwareStakesNerdPursuit Of HappinessCokeKeyboardsDiet CokeStock OptionsDramatic LifeComputer Keyboards Author:Nathan Myhrvold