I thought this was cute: "Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." attributed to SCOTT ADAMS
“There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.”
(Bjarne Stroustrup)
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." —Douglas Adams
Seems to pe a popular qoute repeated quite often. as far as my qoutes:
"That's not good enough!"- William Turner (from Pirates of the Carribean)
"I made it. I can fix it."- Howtoons
A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
Always do right; it will amaze your friends and confound your enemies. -- Harry Truman
The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. -- Groucho Marx
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -- Albert Einstein
Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month. -- Wernher Von Braun
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. -- Woodrow Wilson
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -- Tom Wilson
Knowledge is a mind-altering drug. -- James P. Hogan
Two sayings I have on the wall above my desk at the office:
Real men don't backup,
but they cry often...
We do the impossible daily.
Miracles aren't covered in the TOS...
(Terms Of Service. A 'contract' between the Helldesk and assorted departments about average time to resolve different kinds of problems)
A note I used to have above my desk, while sitting in an office landscape was:
Yes, I can fix your personal computer if you call me in the evening...
My rates are...
(I was constantly being pestered by users who thought it was OK to come by my desk and ask if they could call me in the evening to 'get some help' with the PCs)
One I used to have, but was 'ordered' to remove was:
Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.
One I used to have, but was 'ordered' to remove was:
Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.
A friend of mine was once attacked by a madman who came up on him from behind and wrapped an arm around his neck while holding a screwdriver to his throat. Calm as you like my friend just said "So, you're an electrican then?"
The attacker got so baffled he released my friend and walked away.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, strawberry margarita in one hand and chocolate in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOOHOO! What a ride!"
I have no idea who said it first, but I do admire that person!
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-- Bill Gates, 1981
Granted, he was talking about the Prop 2, not the PC. <SMIRK>
OBC
Good one Jeff!
Best yet!
Don't get me started on idiotic acronyms like WYSIWYG or TWAIN...
(Bjarne Stroustrup)
One of my favorites don't know who to credit it to.
Popular Mechanics, March 1949
Or.....PCMCIA
P: People
C: Can't
M: Memorize
C: Certain
I: Idiodic
A: Acronnyms
Hero: For us there will never be happiness.
Philia: Then we'll have to learn to be happy without it.
Seems to pe a popular qoute repeated quite often. as far as my qoutes:
"That's not good enough!"- William Turner (from Pirates of the Carribean)
"I made it. I can fix it."- Howtoons
"Get off your dead butt and get back to work!"
A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
Always do right; it will amaze your friends and confound your enemies. -- Harry Truman
The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. -- Groucho Marx
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -- Albert Einstein
Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month. -- Wernher Von Braun
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. -- Woodrow Wilson
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -- Tom Wilson
Knowledge is a mind-altering drug. -- James P. Hogan
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Arthur C. Clarke
I think I actually read that in Tom Hank's "Forrest Gump" voice..
OBC
Life is like a box of Forrest Gumps. And you're locked inside it and you can't get out.
Real men don't backup,
but they cry often...
We do the impossible daily.
Miracles aren't covered in the TOS...
(Terms Of Service. A 'contract' between the Helldesk and assorted departments about average time to resolve different kinds of problems)
A note I used to have above my desk, while sitting in an office landscape was:
Yes, I can fix your personal computer if you call me in the evening...
My rates are...
(I was constantly being pestered by users who thought it was OK to come by my desk and ask if they could call me in the evening to 'get some help' with the PCs)
One I used to have, but was 'ordered' to remove was:
Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers.
And there's the poster that they'll have to walk over my cold, dead body to remove:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pchow98/2790986888/
The attacker got so baffled he released my friend and walked away.
-Tor
I have no idea who said it first, but I do admire that person!