Subject: Things » Computers

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American computer systems administrator

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

(1907 – 1989) American writer

If a computer cable has one end, then it has another.

A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years.

Keyboard: The standard way to generate computer errors.

If you can’t navigate a one-level, five-item phone tree, you didn’t need a computer anyway.

At some point, the computer industry decided if you have an e-mail address, you must have some kind of penis problem.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian, television writer/producer & radio host

User: The word computer professionals use when they mean “idiot.”

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

We are now able to create virtual realities on computers… are we all living in one created by someone in the future?

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian, television writer/producer & radio host

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.

(1917 – ) English physicist & science fiction author

Facetime fulfills a secret human desire: to mostly look at yourself while talking to other people.

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why?… the answer is one word: versions.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

User: Collective term for those who stare vacantly at a monitor.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

To err is human; to really foul things up takes a computer.

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.

What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

comedian, commentator, radio host, reporter & writer

To better understand why you need a personal computer, let’s take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime.


The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.

(1919 – 2011) American news commentator & writer