“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'” KnowsInspirationalPlayHumorMotivationalFunnyScienceInterestInspiringEducationCreativityLearningResearchDiscoveryScientistExcitingHearingPhysicsPhrasesProgrammingSkepticismScience And ReligionSkepticalSkepticComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesScience And TechnologySerendipityScientific MethodModern ScienceAstonishmentComputer LanguageScientific ResearchNewnessProclamationScientific DiscoveryScience ReligionNew DiscoveriesGreat ScienceScientific FactsScience PhysicsScience TechnologyFunny ScienceScience ResearchWork PlayDiscovery In ScienceScience LifeAdvances In ScienceSimple SolutionsScience ClassMotivational EducationProgress In ScienceDiscovering The TruthInspirational ScienceAcademic LifeScientist LifeEarth ScienceScience Fair Author:Isaac Asimov
“There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails.” IfsUseAgeAbleEducationTechnologyLearningTeacherFailingTeachingFailureComputerInfiniteEducationalClassroomNew AgeNew TechnologyComputer ScienceQualificationsPedagogyTechnology And EducationUse Of TechnologyTechnology In Education Author:Nancy Kassebaum
“The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.” WorldWayCausesLearningComputerHumorousAgreeProfoundSimplicityAccidentsInsaneDestroyedExpertsProgrammingAgreementProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceComputer ProgrammersComputer TechnologyComputer SoftwareFunny ComputerProgramming FunnyWhere We Come Author:Nathaniel Borenstein
“The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad!” TechnologyHellLearningComputerMadDumbProgrammingComputer ScienceComputer Systems Author:Richard P. Feynman
“As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.” WellsHas BeensRealUsedLearningComputerProgrammingApplicationSoftwareInsomniaProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageSoftware DesignComputer ProgrammersComputer SoftwareComputer Systems Author:David Parnas
“Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance.” ViewsLearningBuildingDisciplineComputerWingsSimplicityProgrammingMaintenanceComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer Language Author:Jim Horning
“The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.” PurposeNumbersLearningMathematicsInsightMathProgrammingStatisticsMathematicianComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageComputingMath And ScienceMathematics And ScienceNumbers And MathGreat Math Author:Richard Hamming
“We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.” ShouldEvilForgetLearningRootsProgrammingEfficiencyProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesPrematureComputer LanguageComputer ProgrammersComputer SoftwareOptimizationDebugging Author:Donald Knuth
“Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it.” ProblemLearningComputerCreatingModelsSolveTechniqueProgrammingAppropriateAbstractionComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceDevising Author:Alfred Aho
“What is the central core of the subject [computer science]? What is it that distinguishes it from the separate subjects with which it is related? What is the linking thread which gathers these disparate branches into a single discipline. My answer to these questions is simple -it is the art of programming a computer. It is the art of designing efficient and elegant methods of getting a computer to solve problems, theoretical or practical, small or large, simple or complex. It is the art of translating this design into an effective and accurate computer program.” ArtProblemSimpleAnswersLearningSubjectsDesignDisciplineComputerProgramMethodComplexesSolveCorePracticalsRelatedBranchesProgrammingEfficientAccurateThreadTranslateElegantTheoreticalComputer Science Author:Tony Hoare
“A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.” ThinkingWayLanguageKnowingLearningProgramProgrammingComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageProgramming Funny Author:Alan Perlis
“I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.” IfsThinkingFeelsImportantUseCoursesHouseFunLosesPerfectLearningSuccessfulFieldsComputerMachinesResponsibleErrorsCustomersSettingSettingsAwfulProgrammingNow And ThenComplaintsStretchingComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageComputingNew Directions Author:Alan Perlis