"There is no reason anyone would want a
computer in their home."-Ken Olson, president, chairman
and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
If you can't be a good example -- then you'll
just have to be a horrible
warning.
I think there is a world market for maybe five
computers.-Thomas Watson (1874-1956),
Chairman of IBM, 1943
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon? -Dr. Seuss
Pekingese + Lhasa Apso =
Peekasso, an abstract dog
Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.
-Arthur C. Clarke
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
advanced.-Probably not Arthur C.
Clarke
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who
matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss
Pointer + Setter =
Poinsetter, a traditional Christmas pet
What you don't do is always more important than what you do do.
Computers in the future may weigh no more than
1.5 tons.-Popular Mechanics,
forecasting the relentless march of science in 1949
Terrier + Bulldog =
Terribull, a dog that makes awful mistakes
A human never stands so tall as when stooping to help a small computer.
-Infocom motto
I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes
several days attack me at once.
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.
Bloodhound + Labrador =
Blabador, a dog that barks incessantly
A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing
rubs it in like a computer.
A journey without any obstacles usually leads
nowhere.
Great Pyrenees + Dachshund =
Pyradachs, a puzzling breed
Was today really necessary?
Kerry Blue Terrier + Skye Terrier
= Blue Skye, a dog for
visionaries
To copy from one person is plagiarism. To copy
from many is research.
Labrador Retriever + Curly Coated Retriever
= Lab Coat Retriever, the
choice of research scientists
The solution to a problem changes the nature of the
problem.
If you can keep your head when all about you are
losing theirs, maybe you just don't understand the
situation.
Newfoundland + Basset Hound
= Newfound Asset Hound, a
dog for financial advisors
A computer lets you make more mistakes
faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions
of handguns and tequila.-Mitch Ratcliffe,
“Technology Review” (1992)
Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality
check?
Oh, no! Not ANOTHER learning experience!
Collie + Malamute =
Commute, a dog that travels to work
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go
instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Deerhound + Terrier =
Derriere, a dog that's true to the end
I may be in the gutter, but I'm looking at the
stars. -Oscar Wilde
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the
stream.-Malcolm Muggeridge
Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're
on. -Led Zeppelin
Love your enemies, they'll hate it!
A true friend is the one who knows the song in
your heart and sings you the song when you’re
torn apart.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t
resist it.-Mae West
Enjoy every minute. There's plenty of time to
be dead.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
-Walt Disney
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced,
not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it
has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
-Tom Robbins
Knowing others is intelligence;
Knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
Mastering yourself is true power.
Don’t take life too serious. You’ll never
escape it alive anyway.-Elbert Hubbard
Without order nothing can exist – without chaos
nothing can evolve.
Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the
best lessons.
In three words I can sum up everything I have
learned about life: It goes on.
-Robert Frost
No matter how hard the past, one can always begin again today.
-Buddha
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry
And all that you touch and all that you see
Is all your life will ever be.-Pink Floyd