Computation – Quotes

The theory of numbers,

The theory of numbers, more than any other branch of mathematics, began by being an experimental science. Its most famous theorems have all been conjectured, sometimes a hundred years or more before they were proved; and they have been suggested by the evidence of a mass of computations. G. H. Hardy

When the Idea, of

When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination… let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it. Epictetus

Computer science is no

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Edsger Dijkstra

The Old Testament contains

The Old Testament contains over 300 references to the Messiah that were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Computations using the science of probability on just 8 of these prophecies show the chance that someone could have fulfilled all 8 prophecies is 10 (to the 17th power), or 1 in 100 quadrillion. Fritz Ridenour

That which occasions so

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver’s pride and the receiver’s cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Computer scientists have so

Computer scientists have so far worked on developing powerful programming languages that make it possible to solve the technical problems of computation. Little effort has gone toward devising the languages of interaction. Donald A. Norman

Human beings are distinguished

Human beings are distinguished by a capacity for experience as well as by their behavior, and homosexuality is as much a matter ofemotion as of genital manipulation…. As we each examine our own sense of identity we realize how much more complex is the question of homosexuality than a mere Kinsey-like computation of orgasms. Dennis … Read more