“Whether advanced driver training helps drivers in the long term is one of those controversial and unresolved mysteries of the road, but my eye-opening experience at Bondurant raises the curious idea that we buy cars—for most people one of the most costly things they will ever own—with an underdeveloped sense of how to use them. This is true for many things, arguably, but not knowing what the F9 key does in Microsoft Word is less life-threatening than not knowing how to properly operate antilock brakes.” PeopleLongDoeIdeasHelpingUseEyeTermKnowingMysteryCarKeysTrainingRaisesOpeningCuriousLong TermDriversNot KnowingThreateningControversialMicrosoftBrakeEye OpeningMicrosoft Word Author:Tom Vanderbilt
“Frame is a good enough piece of software that there are actually rewards to taking an intelligent and formal approach to your problem. But if you want to be stupid, you can think of Frame as a version of Microsoft Word with most of the bugs taken out.” IfsThinkingWantEnoughProblemTakenPiecesStupidApproachIntelligentRewardsVersionsGood EnoughSoftwareFormalBugsMicrosoftMicrosoft Word Author:Philip Greenspun
“Early versions of Microsoft Word left a lot to be desired. However, to the company's credit, it quickly learned where Word fell short, made the necessary changes, and repeatedly introduced new versions of the software.” MadeLeftCompanyCreditVersionsSoftwareMicrosoftNecessary ChangeMicrosoft Word Author:Naveen Jain
“So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.” Can DoDecidedBillsGatesCrewMicrosoftLarryOraclesDatabasesMicrosoft Word Author:Ted Nelson
“Any religion whose messiah’s name isn’t recognized by Microsoft Word can’t be that much of a threat.” NamesThreatMicrosoftMessiahMicrosoft Word Author:Stephen Colbert