“My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.” PeopleLittlesPlayCharacterWantedMotherFatherFeltRolesTakenGeniusComputerSmartMarkGlassesWho I AmFar AwaySmart PeopleVery SmartWheelchairs Author:Michael Weatherly
“The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film projectors or the videotapes or the computer-aided instruction drill systems - the hopes have been dashed in terms of technology having some big impact. The foundation, I think can play a unique role there. Now, our money is more to the teacher-effectiveness thing, and technology is No. 2, but I'll probably spend more money on the technology things.” ThinkingHas BeensPlayDreamBigsPastFilmTermRolesTeachTechnologyTeacherTvsComputerUniqueFoundationImpactInstructionClassroomMore MoneyEffectivenessDrillsBig ImpactProjectors Author:Bill Gates
“Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.” PeopleWayWantPlayGamesRolesTelevisionTvsPaperComputerTheaterInstantPensGoing OutGratificationConvenienceDressed UpInstant GratificationGetting DressedComputer GamesRole PlayingLive TheaterGetting Dressed Up Author:Gary Gygax
“Computer assisted proofs are getting better and better and computers will play a bigger and bigger role in the future.” PlayScienceRolesComputerBiggerMathematicsProofGet Better Author:Enrico Bombieri
“Fertilizer played a greater role in this case than computers.” RolesCasesGreaterInternetComputerFree SpeechFertilizer Author:Mike Godwin
“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!” WayWellsLittlesRealPlayCharacterFilmBitsVoiceVisionRolesTypeDirectorsComputerLittle BitSingingLet MeAskingDown AndScriptsCastsPhonesSatSwimmingDocumentariesSequencePhone CallsPenguinsEsther Author:Brittany Murphy
“One of the big challenges I've thought about in making record is that the role of computers has become so inescapable and computers offer so many possibilities for creativity, but they also make you lazy.” BigsChallengesRolesCreativityRecordsPossibilityOffersComputerLazyBig Challenges Author:D.A. Wallach
“In 1905, when you went motoring, you took your mechanic. Twenty-five years later, mass production revolutionized the role of the automobile, but buying a Ford wouldn't have made sense if everyone still needed a mechanic on board. In 1955, when you used your computer, you took your programmer. Twenty-five years later, mass production revolutionized the role of the computer, but buying a micro wouldn't have made sense if everyone still needed a programmer.” IfsYearsMadeStillsUsedRolesFiveNeededComputerMassTwentiesProductionsBoardsFive YearsBuyingMechanicAutomobileProgrammersTwenty FiveMass Production Author:Gerald Weinberg
“I was a musician who began playing with computers, to see if they could make some tasks simpler. I developed some "tricks" or strategies for working with audio files, and then discovered that the same tricks could be applied to video files, or really, any type of data. Previously I made many different kinds of music. I did some work as a composer of film scores. In that role, my task was to create audio to match and deepen the visual. In my work now, the role is often reversed: I have to create images to match and deepen the audio.” IfsKindMadeDifferentFilmRolesTypeComputerMusicianTasksStrategyTricksVideoDataVisualsScoreComposerDifferent KindsFilesAudioDifferent Kinds Of MusicFilm Scores Author:Kurt Ralske
“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
“The term, information at your fingertips, is to remind people what a broad role the personal computer will be playing. It's not a computation device, it's not a word processing or a spreadsheet device. It's a window onto the world of information.” PeopleWorldTermRolesInformationComputerWindowDevicesBroadsProcessingFingertipsComputationPersonal Computers Author:Bill Gates
“I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in the role of choreographer in a way, worrying about physical movement and such.” WayFeelsWritingFoundFunRolesWorryMovementComputerChoreographersPercussion Author:Paul Lansky
“Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple computers. In principle information technology could be used to provide direct information to the work force on the ground so that they could democratically decide what the company would do, eliminating the role of management. It could be used for that. People aren't developing technology for that purpose.” PeopleUsedPurposeForceCompanyPrinciplesRolesTechnologyInformationComputerDirectManagementContemporaryDevelopingCorporationsApplesOwnershipInformation TechnologyEliminating Author:Noam Chomsky
“People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.” PeopleHumansMeanArtImportantSoulRolesProgressInternetBalanceComputerGiantsEtcCravingElectronicsGreat Progress Author:Mstislav Rostropovich