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Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?


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

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



Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.



The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.



Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.

Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.



I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.



The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.

The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.



Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.

Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.



The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.

The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.



We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.

We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.



Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.





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I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality, so I'll be walking down the street, and I forget what I do and who I am.

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I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

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Some of the analysts were saying, Now you're a cash cow, there's no growth at all, pay it all out in dividends, give me it all, you can't invest wisely.

Some of the analysts were saying, Now you're a cash cow, there's no growth at all, pay it all out in dividends, give me it all, you can't invest wisely.



Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.

Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.



When things are taking their ordinary course, it is hard to remember what matters.

When things are taking their ordinary course, it is hard to remember what matters.



When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.

When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.



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Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

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We did not hope for the same things, but we all hoped.

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Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions.

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