Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.
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The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.
Microwave sales have plateaued as people realize that reheated TV dinners give us no joy.
Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely.
The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.
Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.
The only time I'll use a microwave is to warm up a cup of coffee I've left too long before drinking.
Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.
I had a TV set and a typewriter and that made me think a computer should be laid out like a typewriter with a video screen.
The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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