James Magary on Computers
Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up.
Isaac Asimov on Computers
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Robert X. Cringely, on Computers
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert Orben on Computers
To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
Rich Cook on Computers
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Pierre Gallois on Computers
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dares criticize it.
Peter Drucker on Computers
The computer is a moron.
Pablo Picasso on Computers
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Nathaniel Borenstein on Computers
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Ken Olsen, President on Computers
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.