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47

The best defense against logic is ignorance.

46

On two occasions, I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

— Charles Babbage, inventor of the computer (1791-1871)

45

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

44

Your computer may randomly stop responding in the Choco-Banana shake recipe if you wait more than 10 seconds to select the blender after you receive the "Time to Blend" prompt.
— Microsoft Support Knowledge Base

43

Ambivalent? Well yes and no.

41

Things should be made as simple as possible - but no simpler.
— Albert Einstein

40

Doppler effect: the effect that a stupid idea coming at you at high speed appears reasonable.

39

You can't manage creativity. All you can do is give it a place to work.

38

Als er borsten zijn, kun je technisch gezien met de buik goed uit de voeten.
— Mart Visser
Algemeen Dagblad

37

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
— Henry Ford

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