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

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

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

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This...

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and...

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved...

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved...

A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages

A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages

Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a...

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.

The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.

Two men were examining the output of the new computer in their department. After an...

Two men were examining the output of the new computer in their department. After an...

If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today...

If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today...

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge...

The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge...

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things...

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things...

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality....

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality....