“What has happened is that genetics has become a branch of information technology. It is pure information. It's digital information. It's precisely the kind of information that can be translated digit for digit, byte for byte, into any other kind of information and then translated back again. This is a major revolution. I suppose it's probably "the" major revolution in the whole history of our understanding of ourselves. It's something would have boggled the mind of Darwin, and Darwin would have loved it, I'm absolutely sure.” MindKindWholeUnderstandingTechnologyHappenedAtheismInformationRevolutionPureMajorsPositive AtheismBranchesDigitalGeneticsBack AgainInformation Technology Author:Richard Dawkins
“I think crossing into the digital age is the big move for the industry. I think it will be the biggest thing that's happened while I've been making movies. I equate it to the invention of color or sound, and I don't see any other major technical process coming along and changing that.” ThinkingBigsAgeMovingProcessSoundHappenedColorIndustryMajorsInventionDigitalCrossingsDigital Age Author:George Lucas
“The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used to disguise the third.” FirstsTwoUsedThreeStupidComputerMajorsProgramThirdsDigitalAttributesAccurateDisguise Author:P. J. Plauger
“I know what it's like being with a major label. But I've always wanted to do things differently. And when I found out that the internet was a digital medium that could transfer binary code, the 0s and 1s - which is what a CD is - I knew it was only a matter of time before the feed would be fast enough to transfer files.” KnowsMatterEnoughWould BeWantedFoundInternetMajorsMediumsLabelsCodeDigitalFilesCdsTransfersBinaryMatter Of Time Author:Michael Angelo Batio
“Most people who love movies and kind of understand the process realize that if you do a character like Gollum or Jar Jar or any major digital character, that costs twice as much as having Tom Cruise in a movie.” PeopleIfsKindCharacterProcessRealizingCostMajorsDigitalTomsJarsCruiseMovie Love Author:Rick McCallum
“Major theme of the book ["Hotels of North America"], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the digital sphere, and/or what is the effect of it on self in a prolonged interaction.” BookSelfAmericaViewsEffectsMajorsPoint Of ViewThemeHotelDigitalSpheresInteractionPersonaNorth America Author:Rick Moody
“Money is becoming increasingly plastic and digital. If there is a major disaster, let's say an asteroid strike, we'll go back to trading meats and furs. We won't need an abstraction, a dollar bill, but real tangible goods to survive.” IfsNeedsRealBecomingMajorsBillsDollarsStrikesDisasterMeatDigitalGoodsPlasticAbstractionTradingTangibleFurAsteroidsDollar Bills Author:Kabir Sehgal
“The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed: the major record labels let Apple take over the digital-music business; Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for a mere fifty million dollars; Excite turned down the chance to acquire Google for less than a million dollars.” OpportunityChanceMillionsRecordsInternetMajorsDollarsSeriesMereLabelsApplesAcquireFiftyDigitalGoogleMillion DollarsMusic BusinessTurned DownRecord LabelsNetflixBlockbusterDigital Music Author:James Surowiecki