Thursday, October 20, 2011

Truth is, I wouldn't know a gigabyte from a snakebite. ~Dolly Parton

The following are from my personal collection of favourite computer quotes; a candid and clever reflection of life prior, and today's current computer domination. Enjoy!

There is a world market for about five computers. ~Thomas J Watson, 1958 Chairman of IBM

Computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons.
-Popular Mechanics, March 1949

There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. ~Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977

I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year. ~The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

But what... is it good for? ~IBM executive Robert Lloyd, speaking in 1968 microprocessor, the heart of today's computers

"Everything that can be invented has already been invented."  ~Charles H. Duell, director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899

I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year. ~The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.  ~John F. Kennedy

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do - don't need to be done. ~Andy Rooney

If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees.  That'll do them in.  ~Author Unknown

Treat your password like your toothbrush.  Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.  ~Clifford Stoll

I just wish my mouth had a backspace key.  ~Author Unknown

Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. ~Margaret Segall, 1998

At least my pencil never crashes!  ~Author Unknown

In a few minutes a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many months to equal it.  ~Author Unknown

In the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks.  Now they're knocking off servers.  ~Richard Power

Mac users swear by their computers.  PC users swear at their computers.  ~Author Unknown

Computers add a new aspect to my character. I cuss more. ~Ethel Farmer

Blimey - I am a stubborn and slow learner although I like to think I am finally getting it.
Bit by bit.
~Ethel Farmer

I closed the top of my laptop, laid my head on the shiny black surface, and wept. ~Ethel Farmer

Byte me. ~Ethel Farmer