Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.

Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I read more

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.

Why shouldn't a PC work like a refrigerator or a toaster?

Why shouldn't a PC work like a refrigerator or a toaster?

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity read more

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.

By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But read more

By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.