Tag Archives: machines
Growing wildly
“After growing wildly for years, the field of computing appears to be reaching its infancy.” — John Pierce When I first read this quote, I thought, “How true!” Then I realized that what we once thought of as computers, even the notebooks and netbooks, are fast becoming obsolete themselves. But the term “computing” can be …
Exquisitely dependent
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” ― Carl Sagan I plead guilty to that! Or maybe not. On my list of things I find fascinating, my impulse would be to place “science and technology” near the bottom. Actually, though, I’ve …
Too important
“Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.” ― Lytton Strachey I had a rough week, interacting with robotic systems that were creating errors related to banking, finance …
Growing wildly
“After growing wildly for years, the field of computing appears to be reaching its infancy.” — John Pierce When I first read this quote, I thought, “How true!” Then I realized that what we once thought of as computers, even the notebooks and netbooks, are fast becoming obsolete themselves. But the term “computing” can be …
Exquisitely dependent
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” ― Carl Sagan I plead guilty to that! Or maybe not. On my list of things I find fascinating, my impulse would be to place “science and technology” near the bottom. Actually, though, I’ve …
Defeat Despair 