Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction: One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Larry Wall
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
* No technique works if it isn't used. * Ethics change with technology. * "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Niven's laws
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C Clarke
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
Multi-threading is the art of screwing things up before, during or after something else.
Anonymous
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely