Quotations about computers, programming and internet

 

I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them. (Isaac Asimov)

(我不害怕失去电脑，然而我却害怕失去它们）

Never let a computer know you're in a hurry（不要让电脑知道你很匆忙）

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. - Joseph Campbell

(电脑像旧约神，许多规则，一点都不怜闵）

 

Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Computers are from hell.

（男人是从火星来的，女人是从金星来的。而电脑是从地狱来的）

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before. – Bill Gates

（电脑生来就是解决以前不存在的问题）

Computers have lots of memory but no imagination.

（电脑有许多记忆却没有想象力）

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. - John F. Kennedy

（人类还是最特殊的电脑）

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. - Steve Wozniak

（永远不要相信电脑

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso

（电脑是无用的，它们仅仅提供答案）

A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind - Joseph Weizenbaum

（电脑会做你告诉他做的事，但是过程与你心中所想的有很大的差别。）

We build our computer systems the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins - Ellen Ullman

（我们以我们建造城市的方式构建计算机系统。随着时间的流逝，没有计划，处于毁灭的边缘）

A computer scientist is someone who fixes things that aren't broken.

（一个电脑科学家修理没有被破坏的东西）

Computers can never replace human stupidity

（电脑永远不会取代人类的愚蠢）

The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents.

（网络：男人是男人，女人是男人，孩子是fbi特工）

Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. – Nathan Myhrvold

（软件是一种其他，它扩充来填满他的容器）

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. – Linus Torvalds

（如果你认为你的用户是傻瓜，那么仅仅只有傻瓜会用它）

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. – Abelson and Sussman

（程序必须以适合人类阅读的方式来写。顺便使机器来执行）

Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. - Michael Sinz

（编程就像一场云雨，只要一次犯错，你必须用你的余生来偿还它）

Before software should be reusable, it should be usable. – Ralph Johnson

（软件至少是可用的，它才会被重用）

If you automate a mess, you get an automated mess. – Rod Michael

（如果你自动运行一场混乱，你得到的就是一团糟）