“My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a typewriter and I whited out a line, often I would choose a word to go in the space just because it fit. Now I don't have to do that.” YearsDoeThreeLinesSpaceFitEasierComputerYears AgoThree YearsTypewritersMy Boyfriend Author:David Sedaris
“Twenty years ago the computer was a babbling box. Now it is a boasting beast.” YearsTechnologyComputerYears AgoTwentiesBoxesBeastBoastBabbling Author:David Luiz
“Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that universities had played their part in computer design, and that the matter could now safely be left to industry. [...] Apart from the obvious functions of keeping in the public domain material that might otherwise be hidden, universities can make a special contribution by reason of their freedom from commercial considerations, including freedom from the need to follow the fashion.” NeedsYearsMatterReasonDoneMightLeftViewsSpecialFashionDesignMaterialsDevelopmentIndustryComputerYears AgoFunctionIncludingUniversityObviousContributionConsiderationDigitalEngineeringDomainPublic Domain Author:Maurice Wilkes
“People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator ... years ago, I was cured of a badly infected finger with antibiotics when once my doctor could have recommended only a hot water soak or, eventually, surgery.... When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and photocopiers ... I appreciate where we've come from.” PeopleYearsFirstsWaterDrugSixComputerYears AgoAppreciateDoctorsMiracleHotGratefulFingersSavedCall MeSurgeryOptimistFeverScarletSix Year OldsHot WaterAntibiotics Author:Julian Simon
“Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.” YearsDoneHomeCan DoModernRocksWallComputerYears AgoRock N RollAdolescenceModern LifeRock N Roll Music Author:Russell Baker
“Everybody who works in the computer industry is in an industry that didn't exist twenty-five years ago. We are talking on cell phones, and there were no such things. All the people who work for Nextel and so on, those are lost jobs that became found jobs. We are in a constant state of changing, and there are numerous opportunities in a time like this, but people are still going back to the fear.” PeopleYearsStillsStatesJobsFoundOpportunityLostTalkingFiveIndustryComputerYears AgoTwentiesConstantPhonesCellsFive YearsCell PhoneTwenty Five Author:Wayne Dyer
“I love genealogical research. That's the reason I bought my first computer years ago to put my genealogy records on the computer. I've always enjoyed tracing family history.” YearsFirstsReasonRecordsComputerResearchYears AgoEnjoyedFamily HistoryGenealogyTracing Author:Nola Ochs
“Do you guys remember that woman who disappeared a few years ago, Chandra Levy? Do you remember her? I found this fascinating. Apparently, the day she disappeared, she had gone on her computer, and the last website she ever visited was an online map of the park where her body was found. That's true. I just hope that if I ever disappear, people don't look for me based on the last websites I visited.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksBodyLastsRememberGuyFoundGoneComputerYears AgoDisappearParksFascinatingOnlineMapsWebsite Author:Christian Finnegan
“I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.” YearsStillsComputerYears AgoTypewriters Author:Beck
“I spend a lot of time going over old conversation summaries. A lot of the old ones are about ideas that ended in failure, the project didn't work. But hey, you know what? That was five years ago, and now computers are faster, or some new information has come along, the world is different. So we're able to reboot the project.” KnowsWorldYearsIdeasDifferentAbleFiveInformationConversationComputerProjectsYears AgoHeyFasterFive YearsHey YouSummaryNew Information Author:Edward Boyden
“I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.” YearsSometimesEasierComputerYears AgoHacks Author:Kevin Mitnick
“I don't know when they first had feeds. Like maybe, fifty or a hundred years ago. Before that, they had to use their hands and their eyes. Computers were all outside the body. They carried them around outside of them, in their hands, like if you carried your lungs in a briefcase and opened it to breathe.” IfsKnowsYearsFirstsUseBodyHandsEyeComputerHundredYears AgoBreatheFiftyLungsBriefcases Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson