“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.” WayLifeScienceThreeWomenQualityTechnologyFailurePleaseComputerMathematicsPressesListsImprovementQuality Of LifeScience And TechnologyComputer TechnologyScience TechnologyTechnology And Education Author:Alice Kahn
“Cats are narcissistic. Their needs come before ours. They don't understand the word "No." They carry themselves with that aloof, arrogant sense of perpetual entitlement, they will jump up and insinuate themselves wherever they please--on your lap, on your newspaper, on your computer keyboard--and they really couldn't care less how their behavior affects the people in their lives. I've had boyfriends like this; who needs such behavior in a housepet?” PeopleNeedsCarePleaseBehaviorComputerCatNewspapersArrogantPerpetualLapEntitlementNarcissisticKeyboardsAloofComputer Keyboards Author:Caroline Knapp
“If you give someone Fortran, he has Fortran. If you give someone Lisp, he has any language he pleases” IfsGivingLanguagePleaseComputerLisp Author:Guy Steele
“I noticed whenever you call information, 411, there's always a computer voice, and they go, 'What number would you like? City and state, please.' 'Yeah, I'd like the number of Macy's in Century City, California.' 'Did you say 'pretzel nuggets'?” StatesVoiceNumbersCitiesCenturyInformationPleaseComputerYeahCaliforniaNuggetsPretzelsMacy's Author:Andy Kindler