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Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
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Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.
-- Gilb
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
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Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in
the world that just don't add up.
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Computers can't cruise. Meandering is a foreign concept to them.
The computer assumes that all behavior is in pursuit of an ultimate
goal. Whenever a motorist changes his or her mind and veers off
course, the GPS lady issues that snippy announcement: "Recalculating!"
-- Joel Achenbach (www.slate.com, 20 Jun 2008)
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Computers don't actually think.
You just think they think.
(We think.)
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Computers will not be perfected until they can compute how much more
than the estimate the job will cost.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
-- La Rochefoucauld
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Concept, n.:
Any "idea" for which an outside consultant billed you more than
$25,000.
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Conceptual integrity in turn dictates that the design must proceed
from one mind, or from a very small number of agreeing resonant minds.
-- Frederick Brooks, Jr., "The Mythical Man-Month"
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Condense soup, not books!
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CONFERENCE:
A special meeting in which the boss gathers subordinates to hear
what they have to say, so long as it doesn't conflict with what
he's already decided to do.
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Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven;
confess them to man and you will be laughed at.
-- Josh Billings
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Confession is good for the soul, but bad for the career.
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Confession is good for the soul only in the sense
that a tweed coat is good for dandruff.
-- Peter de Vries
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Confessions may be good for the soul, but they are bad for
the reputation.
-- Lord Thomas Robert Dewar
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Confidant, confidante, n.:
One entrusted by A with the secrets of B, confided to himself by C.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Confidence is simply that quiet, assured feeling you have before you
fall flat on your face.
-- Dr. L. Binder
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
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CONFIRMED BACHELOR:
A man who goes through life without a hitch.
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