"Programming today is a race between software engineers
striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs,
and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots.
So far, the Universe is winning."
-Rich Cook
"My theory is that a computer interface should hurt the
user. So I designed new sounds into the product. We've got 'Sound of Puking',
'Fingernails on Blackboard' and 'Bird Hitting Window'. But suppose the user
does something WRONG. Then we have the sound of a puking bird hitting a black-
board."
-Scott Adams
"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone"
-Bjarne Stronstrup (originator of C++ programming language)
"Computers let you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human
history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
-Unknown
"To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer."
-Philip Howard
"For Christmas I bought my brother a combination fax machine and paper shredder.
Either we hooked it up wrong or a lot of people are faxing him confetti."
- Anthony Clarke
"I want to know what good is a web search engine that returns 324,909,188
'matches' to my key word. That's like saying, "Good news, we've located the
product you're looking for. It's on Earth."
-Bruce Cameron
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger
and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger
and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-Rich Cook
"Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest
of your life."
-Michael Sinz
"The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better
with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same
thing about drugs.'"
-Roy Blount Jr.
Niets wat een mens maakt is volmaakt, dat bewijst mijn computer elke dag.
Failure is not acceptable. It comes bundled with Windows.
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