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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Some old Computer Quotes which still rock Part#1

Some old Computer Quotes which still rock Part#1

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."
--Clifford Stoll {a US astronomer and Author}
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stoll/

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."
--Steve Wozniak {CoFounder of Apple Inc.}
http://www.woz.org/

"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do."
--Ted Nelson {An IT Pioneer, known for HyperText and One-liners}

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."
--Robert Orben {American Magician and Comedy Writer}

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."
--Emo Philips {American Comedian}

"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."
--Andy Rooney {American Radio/TV Writer}

"Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living."
--Nicholas Negroponte {Amrican Arhitect, Co-Founder of OLPC}

"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them."
--Isaac Asimov {Robot Series Fiction Writer}

"Microsoft is not the problem. Microsoft is the symptom."
--Eric S. Raymond {Open Source Supporter, Developer}
http://www.catb.org/~esr/

"Bell Labs created Microsoft by charging $25,000 for Unix.
If they'd charged $50, Unix would be the world standard."
--Anonymous

"Why are video games so much better designed than office software?
Because people who design video games love to play video games.
People who design office software look forward
to doing something else on the weekend."
--Anonymous

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