Linux Computers

The misnaming of fields of study is so common as to lead to what might be
general systems laws.  For example, Frank Harary once suggested the law that
any field that had the word "science" in its name was guaranteed thereby
not to be a science.  He would cite as examples Military Science, Library
Science, Political Science, Homemaking Science, Social Science, and Computer
Science.  Discuss the generality of this law, and possible reasons for its
predictive power.
                -- Gerald Weinberg, "An Introduction to General Systems
                   Thinking"

The more data I punch in this card, the lighter it becomes, and the
lower the mailing cost.
                -- S. Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"

The most important early product on the way to developing a good product
is an imperfect version.

The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on.

The net is like a vast sea of lutefisk with tiny dinosaur brains embedded
in it here and there. Any given spoonful will likely have an IQ of 1, but
occasional spoonfuls may have an IQ more than six times that!
        -- James 'Kibo' Parry

The New Testament offers the basis for modern computer coding theory,
in the form of an affirmation of the binary number system.

        But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay:
        for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
                -- Matthew 5:37

The next person to mention spaghetti stacks to me is going to have
his head knocked off.
                -- Bill Conrad

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
                -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum

The nicest thing about the Alto is that it doesn't run faster at night.

The notion of a "record" is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column
card.
                -- Dennis M. Ritchie