Citations archive

May 2005

• 2005/05/11: A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. A computer scientist is a device for turning coffee into urine. Attributed to Paul Erdos
• 2005/05/09: ... Alan M. Turing thought about criteria to settle the question of whether Machines Can Think, a question of which we now know that it is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim. Edsger Dijkstra, EWD898 - The threats to computing science
• 2005/05/02: Ahh. Computer dating. It's like pimping, but you rarely have to use the phrase "upside your head". Bender, Futurama