Whenever you have war, you often have more deaths because the medical system and the food system breaks down, than you have directly through violence.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the latest term for this in the most advanced form is what's called Object Oriented Programming.

There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.

I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science.

If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.

You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well.