“Indeed, being a beginner is very difficult right now. Book publishers are in a crisis, sales are dwindling, and publishing houses are losing money, doing their best to survive. It's a sign of the times, the emergence of new kinds of entertainment -- there's nothing we can do about it. I don't think books will perish for good. They could become less widespread, though, falling even further behind movies and computer games. But we shouldn't be afraid of this, because books will always remain the entertainment of choice for intelligent people, of whom there are still many in this world.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindStillsBookChoicesFallGamesHouseDifficultCan DoBehindsThis WorldRight NowComputerLosingIntelligentCrisisEntertainmentPublishingPublishersEmergenceBeginnersComputer GamesLosing MoneyPublishing House Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.” IfsStillsHandsDifficultRoomsNovelTakenComputerPhonesPetNoisy Author:David Nicholls
“Children are not being assaulted by images that appear on a computer screen. Any Internet user knows it is quite difficult to stumble across pornography.” KnowsChildrenDifficultInternetComputerScreensUsersFree SpeechPornographyComputer ScreenInternet Users Author:Russ Feingold
“I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.” ThinkingWould BeRunningDifficultMemoriesBrainConsciousnessComputerProgramCeaseTurned OffNeural Networks Author:Stephen Hawking
“Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.” LawScienceLiteratureDifficultComputerIncreaseProgrammingSoftwareProgrammersComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageEntropySoftware DesignThermodynamicsComputer Software Author:Norman Ralph Augustine