Before you hit the “delete” key, have a look at some quotes and proverbs about computers, information technology and the internet.
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An internet eternity.(unknown author)
More than about five seconds.
As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.(unknown author)
Both Darwin and Turing claim to have discovered something truly unsettling to a human mind — competence without comprehension.Daniel Dennett
By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.Ray Kurzweil
Can computers think?(unknown author)
Can submarines swim?
Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.Scott Weiland
Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.Donald Knuth
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.Joseph Campbell
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.Pablo Picasso
Computers can never replace human stupidity.(unknown author)
Computers will understand sarcasm before Americans do.Geoffrey Hinton
Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes.Dave Barry
Debugging is the process of testing, finding, and reducing bugs (errors) in computer programs. The first known computer bug was a real bug (an insect) stuck in the electronics.
I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is "Delete."Elayne Boosler
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.Stephen Hawking
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.Stephen Hawking
I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern biology is becoming very much a branch of information technology.Richard Dawkins
It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow.Craig Bruce
Most Internet users seem to have the attention span of grasshoppers.Stephen King
New Year: press control-alt-delete.(unknown author)
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'Norman Ralph Augustine
Since the beginning of the computer age, there has been immense development in computer intelligence but exactly zero development in computer consciousness.Yuval Noah Harari
Television may insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer(unknown author)
The computer is a moron.Peter Drucker
The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.Bill Gates
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.Sydney J. Harris
The word "user" is the word used by the computer professional when they mean "idiot".Dave Barry
There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.Stephen Hawking
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.Clifford Stoll
We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.Stephen Hawking
We think of computers as smart and powerful machines. But your goldfish is smarter.Jason Fried
Your computer keyboard is 20,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat.(unknown author)
