“Conventional wisdom, fooled by our misleading "physical intuition", is that the real world is "continuous", and that discrete models are necessary evils for approximating the "real" world, due to the innate discreteness of the digital computer.” WorldRealEvilComputerModelsIntuitionDuesDigitalReal WorldConventionalInnateMisleadFooledConventional WisdomNecessary EvilDiscrete Author:Doron Zeilberger
“Although I loved working on technology - I've always been a computer geek at heart - my professors encouraged me to get a real-world job working with customers.” WorldHeartRealJobsTechnologyComputerCustomersProfessorsReal WorldGeek Author:Marc Benioff
“I think technology is fantastic but maybe it's just developed too fast for us in real world applications. By the same token the fact that a guy can get a laptop and make music that can be put straight into a TV show I suppose shows a disparity when you're somebody who has gone to college and learned all this stuff. So if you apply that to the entire world than certainly computers have changed everything. But I'd be a hypocrite if I complained about it because it's given me a career. I'm part of the problem is what I'm saying!” ThinkingWorldRealProblemGuyTechnologyChangedCollegeComputerFantasticReal WorldApplicationHypocrite Author:Clint Mansell
“A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book. The kid works for CHERUB CHERUB agents are aged between 10 and 17. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.” KnowsWorldChildrenMadeBookRealHomeMightRunningKidsHouseRoomsInformationComputerAdultsPoliceStrangerCriminalsTerroristAgentsAddressesFlatsCopiesJailReal WorldMatesStolenFilesRadarSlippingUndercoverCherubsAddress Books Author:Robert Muchamore