A computer scientist is a machine for converting coffee into urine.
Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough.
In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors--is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling. This great road has no final destination. The journey itself is the reward.
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.
Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.