Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
ALAN COOPERIn turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.
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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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