Home / Topics / Fields Quotes

Fields Quotes

Browse 4521 quotes about Fields.

Fields Quotes

“The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field.”

Made Decision Fields Computer Conventions Stereotype Convenience

Author:Ted Nelson

“The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off.”

People Ifs World May Doe Differences Pay Secret Boys Gone Fields Lucky Computer Workers Average Range Length Software Exceptional Automobile Programmers Great Ones Hardware Secret Of My Success

Author:Steve Jobs

“Computer programmers, biotechnologists, environmental scientists, neuroscientists, nanotech engineers - all of these fields, and more, should have at least a course in ethics as part of their degree requirements.”

Should Courses Fields Degrees Computer Ethics Should Have Scientist Environmental Engineers Requirements Programmers Computer Programmers

Author:Jamais Cascio

“In the field of Artificial Intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test, when a computer convinces a sufficient number of interrogators into believing that it is not a machine but rather is a human. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British Science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.”

“On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists, lawyers, poets, plumbers, and auto mechanics -- women and men from many backgrounds come together to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Dance of Life. The religion they practice is called Witchcraft.”

Source: Spiral Dance: Slipcase

“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.”

Way Mind Persons Past Science Meditation Fields Computer Paid Solve Puzzles Misunderstood Computer Science Past Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the 21st century-and to take advantage of its opportunities-it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.”

“Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers.”

Numbers Fields Theory Computer Mathematics Finite Geometry Algebra Cryptography

Author:Vladimir Arnold

“Now, the reason that we think computer science is about computers is pretty much the same reason that the Egyptians thought geometry was about surveying instruments. And that is, when some field is just getting started and you don't really understand it very well, it's very easy to confuse the essence of what you're doing with the tools that you use.”

Thinking Wells Reason Use Easy Fields Computer Tools Essence Instruments Geometry Computer Science Getting Started

Author:Hal Abelson

“Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, its easier to combine career and family.”

Jobs Pay Careers One Thing Fields Easier Computer Computer Science

Author:Madeleine M. Kunin

“The research reported on in our book "A=B", has moved a whole active field of mathematics from the province of human thought to the realm of computer-fodder. It is quite exciting to think about what other fields of pure mathematics, hitherto thought to be reserved to human intelligence, might be moved to that realm next. The goal is to put ourselves out of business completely, and the work is well underway.”

Thinking Humans Wells Book Whole Might Science Next Goal Fields Pure Computer Research Exciting Mathematics Moved Active Realms Reserved Provinces Human Thought Human Intelligence Fodder

Author:Herbert Wilf

“The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing down. The field is not mature yet and already it accounts for a significant percentage of the Gross National Product both directly and indirectly.”

Doe Stills Seems Growth Four Fields Products Periods Computer Accounts Decades Significant Mature Slow Down Gross Percentages Slowing Intoxicated Galloping

Author:Fernando J. Corbato

“In physics, one of the most exciting areas is in nanotech. With computers exhausting the power of silicon, Silicon Valley could become a Rust Belt, unless we can find replacements, such as quantum computers and molecular computers. To be a leader in any field, one has to have a great imagination. Sure, we have to know the basics and fundamentals. But beyond that, we have to let our imagination soar.”

Knows Imagination Leader Fields Computer Areas Exciting Fundamentals Physics Valleys Quantum Soar Belts Exhausting Basics Rust Silicon Replacements Silicon Valley Great Imagination

Author:Michio Kaku

“In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.”

Moments Running Fields Truth Is Computer Program Prophecy Moment Of Truth

Author:Herbert Simon

“Imagine being able to make it difficult for an ISIS commander to talk to his fighters in the field just by placing a piece of malware on his computer network.”

Able Difficult Pieces Imagine Fields Computer Fighter Isis Commanders

Author:Dina Temple-Raston