The future of computer power is pure simplicity.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.

Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.

We no longer think of chairs as technology, we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often "crash" when we tried to use them. Before long, computers will be as trivial and plentiful as chairs and we will cease to be aware of the things. In fact I'm sure we will look back on this last decade and wonder how we could ever have mistaken what we were doing with them for "productivity"

Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.