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May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. -Patrick Blackett.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other read more
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
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.
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.
Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.
The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs read more
The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form read more
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.
