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Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global community of women in computer science did not exist.
The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn't make its motion random.
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Too few people recognize that the high technology so celebrated today is essentially a mathematical technology.
The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'
They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think.
Being an entrepreneur is not about being in love with an idea, it's about being in love with running a company.
In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
There is still a perception that the way women are isn't necessarily what you need for the powerhouse start-ups.
What's your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person.
Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor.
The skill of a good creative leader is being comfortable with blowing up an idea and knowing it will get better.
When you’re doing stuff online, you should behave as if you’re doing it in public – because increasingly, it is.
I'm not always open to creative input when I have my heart set on a creative idea or a message I want to convey.
The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist.
A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.
Anytime someone builds a little application that runs on a cell phone, there's something that goes on the server.
A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.
I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical.
It's difficult to imagine the power that you're going to have when so many different sorts of data are available.
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.
Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when, and for what.
When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.
I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.
Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer.
If you look at our customers, our customers tend to be really high-end people who make big, sophisticated systems.
In general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.
I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.
[With AI] Somebody's going to have to think of a completely new algorithm, a new way of doing goal-based planning.
Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again.
Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions.
I have this massive notebook called IDEAS and another one called PERSONAL IDEAS and another one called CRAZY IDEAS.
Today's religion will be the future's mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.
While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.
We're all put on Earth for a limited amount of time. Am I using in a way that is great, or good enough, or wasteful?
I am, as it were, an eye that the cosmos uses to look at itself. The Mind is not mine alone; the Mind is everywhere.
A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points
Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer.
In many ways, people growing up with the Web and now the Semantic Web take the power at their fingertips for granted.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
My view is we should be doing everything we can to come up with ways of exploiting the current technology effectively.
If you're building a social product, you're still living in the last century if your product doesn't work on Facebook.
We made a big mistake 300 years ago when we separated technology and humanism. It's time to put the two back together.