Andrew S. Tanenbaum Quotes
With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.
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I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong. They're kind of like, 'No, we're a real culture! We're not going anywhere, you can't get rid of us!' I really liked that there was a rebelliousness about it. I connected with that.
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The thing about abs is if you hit them daily, you feel more put-together.
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Everything I am came from my parents. I don't take that much credit for who I am and what I am.
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Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
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What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.
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Along with Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, these companies are in a race to become our 'personal assistant.' They want to wake us in the morning, have their artificial intelligence software guide us through our days, and never quite leave our sides.
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My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that.
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I wish the children could be taught early on that our thinking creates our experience.
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Dad would always play Ray Charles in the car on the way to swimming, then we'd sing musicals. Now my heroes are Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt and Max Richter.
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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
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What's interesting about the transportation market is that you're often dabbling in multiple categories. The same person who might own a car is still using Uber, is still using a taxi, still might go to Avis on a business trip and rent a car.
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Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.
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I've always been fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology in music, not only in recording, but in the keyboard. It's amazing the way you can apply technology to an art form.
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My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.
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With current technology it is possible to put four floppy disk drives in a personal computer. It is just that doing so would be pointless.
