計算機沒有什麽用處。它們唯壹能做的就是告訴妳答案。 －－Pablo Picasso
“Distributed file systems are a cruel hoax.” - Zalman Stern
分布式文件系統是壹場殘忍的騙局。 －－Zalman Stern
“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.” - Mitch Ratcliffe
人類有史以來的所有發明中－－也許不包括手槍或龍舌蘭酒－－計算機是讓妳犯錯誤最多最快的。 －－Mitch Ratcliffe
“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
計算機使很多事情更容易做到，但其中大部分並不是必需。 －－Andy Rooney
“Computers do not solve problems, they execute solutions” - Laurent Gasser
計算機並不解決問題，它們只是執行解決方案。 －－Laurent Gasser
“Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.” - Lord Kelvin
如果大幅增加費用換來的只是性能可疑的提升，這種情況僅僅出現在賽馬和女人身上才是讓人可以容忍的。 －－Lord Kelvin
“Memory is like an orgasm. It’s a lot better if you don’t have to fake it.” - Seymore Cray (on virtual memory)
內存就象性高潮。不作假會好壹點。 －－Seymore Cray (對虛擬內存的評價)
“Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too difficult for the Computer Scientist.” - F. L. Bauer
所謂軟件工程就是指計算機科學中對計算機科學家來說太難的那壹部分。 －－F. L. Bauer
“Base eight is just like base ten really, if you’re missing two fingers” - Tom Lehrer
八進制和十進制其實也差不多，如果妳少了兩根手指頭的話。 －－Tom Lehrer
“There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don’t.”
“There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand trinary, those that don’t, and those that confuse it with binary.”
這個世界上有 10 種人，其中有些是能理解二進制的，有些則不懂。
這個世界上有 10 種人，其中有些是能理解三進制的，有些不懂，有些則把它和二進制弄混淆了。