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" In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'. "

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" I joined the staff of EMI in Middlesex in 1951, where I worked for a while on radar and guided weapons and later ran a small design laboratory. During this time, I became particularly interested in computers, which were then in their infancy. It was interesting, pioneering work at that time: drums and tape decks had to be designed from scratch. "

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" I was playing in bands and doing gigs from the age of 14 on. I stopped at the age of 28. Technology replaced me. As soon as I saw what computers can do, I didn't think there would be a point for a live drummer. "

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" Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives. "

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" Doing a movie about computers between 1978 and 1982? You can't get much less sexy, less active than that. "

Joshua Michael Stern

" With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time. "

" I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny. "

" So technologies, whether it is a telephone or an iPhone, computers in general or automobiles, television even, all individualize us. We all sit in front of our iPhones and communicating but are we really communicating? "

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" Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory. "

" A wide variety of devices beyond personal computers are arriving, many of which will be used to browse the Web... The Flash engineering team has taken this on with a major overhaul of the mainstream Flash Player for a variety of devices. "

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" People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself as a communications medium. "

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

Nicholas Negroponte

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" People are on their computers more than watching TV, because you can only watch voyeur TV, which is basically what reality shows are, for so long. "

" India for sure is a mobile-first country. But I don't think it will be a mobile-only country for all time. An emerging market will have more computing in their lives, not less computing, as there is more GDP and there is more need. As they grow, they will also want computers that grow from their phone. "

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" Me and my wife watch laser discs, and I collect old computers. And one of my regular models is a 1993 computer with Windows 98 on it. I just love old technology, and I don't know what you would call that. I'm just stuck in 1991, '92. "

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" You can model experiments on computers now and then execute them, and you don't actually need a fully stocked lab. "

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" A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. "