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If unix is the face of the future I wanna go back to quill pens.
If unix is the face of the future I wanna go back to quill pens.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. read more
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that once you've made the intuitive leap you have to justify it by filling in the intermediate steps. In my case, it often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find that they don't work, so I have to give it up.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.
The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.
Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.
Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.
The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.
The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.
The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things read more
The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can read more
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs.
