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" Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. "

Nicholas Negroponte

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" Bitcoin is not an actual physical coin, and if computers are shut down, you can't buy or sell them. That's why nothing will ever replace gold and silver coins themselves, and all investors should have them at home or in a safe deposit box. "

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" I'm projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers on the Net by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time. "

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" Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. "

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Nicholas Negroponte

" Introduced in the 1960s, multitasking is an engineering strategy for making computers more efficient. Human beings are the slowest elements in a system. "

" Computers ought to help people find their own best path through lots of textual information. "

" I think there is an awful lot of technology for technology's sake. I have yet to be convinced by my husband that persuading our mobiles to talk to our computers is going to be quicker and more straightforward than scribbling a note in our kitchen diary. "

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" I detest computers. If you had a device like that 30 years ago that froze up constantly, misbehaved constantly, lost your information and screwed up when you needed it the most, it would have been laughable. "

" We think of computers as smart and powerful machines. But your goldfish is smarter. "