I suppose I am in the wrong for expecting my $1,600 computer to be able to cope.
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Quotes tagged ‘computers’
[Dorothy is driving them home from work] Dorothy Vaughan: I haven’t been late one day in ten years. Haven’t been out sick. Haven’t complained. My work’s on time. It’s done right, it’s done well. Mary Jackson: It’s not fair, that’s a fact. Dorothy Vaughan: What’s not fair is having the responsibility…
— Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Katherine G Johnson, Taraji P Henson, imdb.com
We say that we “search the Web,” but we don’t, really; our search engines traverse an index of the Web—a map.
I come from the Net. Through systems, peoples, and cities, to this place: Mainframe. My format: guardian. To mend, and defend. To defend my newfound friends, their hopes, and dreams. To defend them from, their enemies... They say the User lives outside the Net, and inputs games for pleasure. No one…
— John Grace, Gavin Blair, Philip Mitchell, Ian Pearson, Bob (Voice), Paul Dobson, imdb.com
Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing.
— Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers, Joe MacMillan, Lee Pace, imdb.com
Dr. Alan Grant: I hate computers. Dr. Ellie Sattler: The feeling's mutual.
— Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Dr. Alan Grant, Sam Neill, imdb.com
I asked for a car, I got a computer. How's that for being born under a bad sign?
Marching forward hypocritic and hypnotic computers.
Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing.
— Christopher C. Rogers, Christopher Cantwell, Joe MacMillan, Lee Pace, imdb.com
Morty: And also, knock next time, you know? I mean, I'm sitting in here, I'm fourteen! I got a computer in here, you know? Jerry: Oh, I, uh... I think I understa— Morty: You know, you're really playing with fire when you burst in here like that, man. Jerry: I get it. Say no more. Morty: I mean one o…
— Mike McMahan, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Morty Smith (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com
A digital computer can usually be regarded as consisting of three parts: (i) Store. (ii) Executive unit. (iii) Control. ...The executive unit is the part which carries out the various individual operations involved in a calculation. ...It is the duty of the control to see that...[the table of] instr…
Suppose Mother wants Tommy to call at the cobbler's every morning on his way to school to see if her shoes are done, she can ask him afresh every morning. Alternatively she can stick up a notice once and for all in the hall which he will see when he leaves for school and which tells him to call for…
We do not wish to penalise the machine for its inability to shine in beauty competitions, nor to penalise a man for losing in a race against an aeroplane. The conditions of our game make these disabilities irrelevant.
Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.
— Laurence N. Wolfe, D. C. Fontana, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, imdb.com
What do computers snack on? Microchips.
People will believe anything the computer tells them, even when it's a lie.
I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.
I think a lot of people still fantasize about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.
Last quarter, Twitter beat Wall Street’s estimates when it came to adding new users, but ad revenue declined year-on-year for the first time since it became a public company.
I think the reality is you can see that countries in the world that isolate themselves, it’s not good for their people.