http://quoth.nexusvector.net/eggplant/computers Quoth en-us Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:07:12 -0700 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:07:12 -0700 http://quoth.nexusvector.net/quote/2321 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:07:12 -0700 computers symbolism Computers are so good at the manipulation of symbols that we are all under pressure to reduce all human knowledge and experience to symbolic form.
- John Christopher Jones

]]> http://quoth.nexusvector.net/quote/1694 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:56:52 -0700 computers cs it technology IT? I've always used IT as a shorthand for "corporate information systems," or "the stuff that a nerd wouldn't voluntarily touch with a ten-foot pole". 'IT' means 'TPS reports.' 'IT' means '9-to-5, Monday through Friday.' I'm surprised that a pair of CS profs would lament the lack of "IT researchers and educators" -- isn't more CS researchers and educators what they want? If we're to point fingers, it was corporate IT that sucked the 'thrill' out of computer science's reputation among undergrads. (That, or Scott Adams. )If there's anything truly opposed to the "hacker" philosophy that makes CS thrilling, it's the reputation of corporate information technology.
- Joseph Barillari
Blog post »

]]> http://quoth.nexusvector.net/quote/1602 Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:26:17 -0700 computers help people programming Just because you're a programmer doesn't mean you have to be the help desk for a dozen friends, relatives, and the people in the apartment next door. Does it?
- Joel Spolsky
Blog post »

]]> http://quoth.nexusvector.net/quote/1601 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:30:09 -0700 computers fear The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
- Linus Torvalds

]]> http://quoth.nexusvector.net/quote/1506 Sun, 15 May 2005 02:39:42 -0700 beauty computers perception There is unexpected beauty hidden everywhere in this world -- one just has to be open to seeing it. Remember that the next time you sneeze on your monitor.
- Nathan Walton

]]>