If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but . . .to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.

Manage things. Lead people.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.