埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 1875|回复: 1

Fun Quotations

[复制链接]
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2004-11-7 12:51 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
( p) G" e: v6 T+ w, y! q% c- Andrew S. Tannenbaum+ L. a# Q; J* I. r

- N/ u$ Y# ^6 r) FWhere is all the knowledge we lost with information?
' r! E' `" ]& `: S$ X7 B- T.S. Elliot1 }1 ^. t! w- `2 a0 q

/ f3 O8 w7 X. `( e6 p( D) w640K ought to be enough for anybody.
4 i1 O- L3 r  ?( v- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, 1981- a# |$ z. N- u% P
, a- @0 e; @* ^; N8 a' j) h9 x
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
7 a, M4 s2 O8 G+ ^1 @  N- B. F. Skinner
" z2 X$ J  `* \$ e8 P$ r3 o# U9 _7 b. t5 y: F/ F* {& g0 s
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.  ^4 M: Y& h' c% f" B6 a
- George Pompidou3 r) H5 ^! m1 H, M- ]

8 f; ~2 h$ J' m7 A4 e, j/ tTechnology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.; S# @* O. ~, I6 j, o
- Anonymous: q* x- u1 R, I+ }, D4 J, e
9 K) L  L& x' L% X
For years there has been a theory that millions of monkeys typing at random on millions of typewriters would reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. The Internet has proven this theory to be untrue.
( I4 g: K3 [9 Y4 P8 |% E- Anonymous9 m4 T& Q  m2 |/ v* l) e" ]

& ~4 U: d% j! Q' Q" l3 ^- P' o) qComputers 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.
% B# v2 x! i. o* X8 b# N- Andy Rooney
: Z) O) I5 }9 E
* ]" ^3 F+ G/ F  DIn the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're knocking off servers.
  Z+ E; C2 M4 ~+ l+ q- Richard Power4 H% R4 U* h+ h  [2 D
+ L5 t3 ~9 z6 `1 j/ k* O) ^- {- f
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.# n/ x; y5 x: ~! q3 q5 N
- IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 19438 {- J3 [3 t4 N# I; F6 L
7 z' Y0 A) g8 Y/ H5 B3 w7 d6 y
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.8 T# f* R6 g& Q5 W, Y9 X
- Scott Adams+ t) f! L3 x4 g, U# J
5 d0 T; v- c5 Z3 l9 A
In a few minutes a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many months to equal it.
8 [! c- ~$ ^% Q, c: b8 s- Anonymous
/ w1 w$ f! r* R
4 M* B! u2 \7 y0 \) v1 h: gIf computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee. That will do them in.4 W& S" O" d  f3 P) l
- Bradley's Bromide$ O% _9 ^6 L; \% Q4 F

0 u2 X6 t4 U# _6 QThe Internet is the Viagra of big business.! t1 {* X% E3 A$ u9 s. E  S3 N
- Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO, General Electric
4 k6 |* w! {; {5 V
) v- m% f' `. u+ g* ~/ EAt some point...we must have faith in the intelligence of the end user.
  z0 Z  a- D% [; K3 Y- Anonymous. X2 l6 W  i" N$ A3 C, r; P" W

  b( Z. p+ i. c  I7 I: j0 UThere are two major products that came out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
- ]) t: o! o: `+ k! |3 Q- Jeremy S. Anderson
& ^6 q; K' M, s9 Z9 l0 N; D2 z: c" S1 d
% z" }+ `) H8 [9 d1 POne machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.! Y+ O! S2 @+ D- z& h2 z: @1 S
- Elbert Hubbard
' Y( u6 ~6 k; C* v3 v) i+ r' n# X) X+ L
Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be.% h. J5 R* ^$ v! n
- David Thornburg
1 l9 V2 \7 S, _: H8 O& |: K. ~
% }" x% I% ~9 E; A+ I8 g7 wThose parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer are called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse at are called software.
6 |5 U$ V8 M% z) Z- Anonymous+ S2 A( b* ?+ ^* z  u" j: ~! f
( }0 ?0 p9 n, [0 V
Save early, save often.
9 M6 y- e4 }2 S5 x0 W- Alwin Lee and everyone else who uses Microsoft Word
' r' `! i+ d4 v/ [
: _+ V# b9 P# N4 LBuild early and build often.
* l) C& i# u" }6 y8 ]$ e  L6 G- Proprietary developer adage
( I0 m+ a5 q. y- W9 l" h0 B( _/ W0 f2 _, e3 p3 e5 L+ c
Release early and release often.
% H1 p9 u/ @7 @9 c  Q" J3 N  q- Open source developer adage% @8 ~9 m% u6 S# u! v) ~6 C- D

4 ~5 m- W  c3 d0 P8 X; kWe live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.  ]' [$ V. l( F0 O( y! V5 d
- Carl Sagan6 F# F, j( n; p, n

9 A# K. J" V% O, e. L( jIf you tried to read every document on the web, then for each day's effort you would be a year further behind in your goal.- _, C3 X5 |% n
- Anonymous
. v  h( M/ D& [, o# n& }$ C$ m+ |' s0 w
There might be new technology, but technological progress itself was nothing new - and over the years it had not destroyed jobs, but created them.
  c  U/ N$ n. Q0 Q/ L  i+ @, {3 Y- Margaret Thatcher9 w( d+ |6 S% s7 P+ b
* l9 e9 H. x  C% i) p
The last good thing written in C++ was the Pachelbel Canon.2 C( U% [! R' F/ H$ o. C
- Jerry Olson% j7 ?7 U1 r9 n0 ?- Z9 `

' L  G- I; Y* \) x5 fThe most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.! l) O% S  J( L0 E: i- N+ b0 b
- Porterfield' J+ J- T0 T1 Q& G3 m* w

9 ]/ M3 u9 |8 k+ r: r3 @Everything that can be invented has been invented.3 b7 V: v8 m1 |9 |6 Q0 X/ Y. u- n0 _
- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 18990 ^$ K: W0 J: }/ I0 U

0 \8 z" j( A5 f, l3 a4 G4 i! MGARBAGE IN---GOSPEL OUT4 t$ N7 }  `% z( t5 ^6 U
- Fairchild Research and Development, 1969/ K/ Q, I$ w1 }# l: p
/ |. x8 H. J5 t3 D7 Z
Any science or technology which is sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.
) y3 E7 H; n# L- Arthur C. Clarke3 W2 D, I* ?8 ?# a# O: i# d) J
- }  K+ \- i& B
Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced.
# D; r& R3 H! @, ]. Q+ Z) L$ b- Gregory Benford
/ G/ k+ E3 f' L0 v+ r( c7 I" w
9 w) E# S# U9 |/ XNever let a computer know you're in a hurry.; w  b8 g7 s+ c' g3 h/ I3 y& o
- Anonymous
( P8 l$ l5 v5 ^2 C4 K$ B6 v
! u/ Q  W$ x: C7 N2 t8 jA year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
0 f" [. y" `3 U- Alan J. Perlis7 M- v: `$ {8 ]$ Z0 E

! d% o7 r. \" V7 d5 x) t( QI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
# }6 M, c- O3 d" d- Thomas Edison
4 `$ J/ P! x8 @* F! r/ w' t* J2 s% o' a. j# x6 ?
Get your feet off my desk, get out of here, you stink, and we're not going to buy your product.
  z+ K/ ]; S: \6 ~% g9 O( d- Joe Keenan, President of Atari, in 1976 responding to Steve Jobs' offer to sell him rights to the new personal computer he and Steve Wozniak developed! J  F/ l0 a5 j% X3 x$ v' V' v
  K0 u( `7 F- W& Y* }' r! O1 p
The Internet is a great way to get on the net.
. i9 u! X+ `# d3 s0 f4 N- Senator Bob Dole+ X1 E6 j+ [& }1 T; l3 p

! l) a6 [, a! u% W# DComputers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1 1/2 tons.+ b5 o, }6 E; m& `4 K, R* L
- Popular Mechanics, 1949- s! W0 f2 j4 }& A6 k0 o" @
6 g5 f- P9 A& y# R" x; K
From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.
- f3 h  q1 l% m% V! _# d- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, US Navy
0 P5 F5 y6 g5 A+ I3 i5 G8 b9 o: x8 M) c
Technology is like fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.
1 i( N! E" A2 T- Andrew Heller, IBM
* Q# Q" \  g, @6 \  j/ q" B9 _9 ^2 I+ S9 e) l/ H5 m  |  {
AOL is like the cockroach left after the nuclear bomb hits. They know how to survive.: S# h9 G$ [/ Z4 c: F; L
- Jan Horsfall, VP of marketing for Lycos! p: Q, |  W# p; [7 \( Q
- B! T- V& v" u* X) H
How could this be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
. F2 x& r& V& D. m9 o- Al Gore on Y2K9 O1 Z( w0 s+ H5 i; {: v2 A* Q
9 B% }# N) ]3 z9 t9 w% U8 A# Y
The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.
; @: \. J8 h1 F  d. w5 w- Sydney Brenner in 1927
) `& y7 X" ~" @; P0 D  o& r8 M' N: M. ]' E" `
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.
2 |1 f1 y5 X6 g. e1 Q0 x- Linus Torvalds
+ P9 i$ n; ?( }6 Z. u1 V8 l& f* r# R
To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.3 L4 W2 }: r7 V0 v1 r
- Linus Torvalds1 t: A# N! r& c& b/ |7 y, `1 r" B

. _' y" r$ p5 c6 ~& b! lWindows is just DOS in drag.) Q8 D% M5 k6 {$ Y
- Anonymous
% _3 I, t) W+ M( P/ R9 K7 c6 w' L3 J3 h3 e+ b, n
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home., v+ @4 l3 }  m- l; t6 U- h
- Ken Olson (President of Digital Equipment Corporation) at the Convention of the World Future Society in Boston in 1977
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2004-11-12 05:09 | 显示全部楼层
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
% \0 W3 a" {, i- Thomas Edison
1 w9 o% S" U! r, a1 K0 n' w# E. V7 B3 z
Edison was so cool, hehe!!!    My idol:D
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2025-11-15 11:14 , Processed in 0.123142 second(s), 12 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表