“It is rash to make guesses about future progress — or anyway, to proclaim them; but my own guess is that the use of the binary system in the machine is a passing phase, characteristic of the present stage of development. I am fully aware, though, that others whose opinions I respect dissent from this view.”
Douglas R. Hartree, “Calculating Instruments and Machines”, The University of Illinois Press, 1949. (p.61)
One of my favourites is:
“It is rash to make guesses about future progress — or anyway, to proclaim them; but my own guess is that the use of the binary system in the machine is a passing phase, characteristic of the present stage of development. I am fully aware, though, that others whose opinions I respect dissent from this view.”
Douglas R. Hartree, “Calculating Instruments and Machines”, The University of Illinois Press, 1949. (p.61)
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That’s indeed a good one 🙂 And I like that he is aware that there are other opinions too 🙂
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This is one of my favorite. 🙂
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I think I want to publish more out of my collection then, just to see if I can have a better one for you 🙂
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