A Computer Scientist Is A Machine For

Change Is Easy, Except For The Changed Part.

I Fear - As Far As I Can Tell - That Most Undergraduate Degrees In Computer Science These Days Are Basically Java Vocational Training. I've Heard Complaints From Even Mighty Stanford University With Its Illustrious Faculty That Basically The Undergraduate Computer Science Program Is Little More Than Java Certification.

Computer Literacy Is A Contact With The Activity Of Computing Deep Enough To Make The Computational Equivalent Of Reading And Writing Fluent And Enjoyable. As In All The Arts, A Romance With The Material Must Be Well Under Way. If We Value The Lifelong Learning Of Arts And Letters As A Springboard For Personal And Societal Growth, Should Any Less Effort Be Spent To Make Computing A Part Of Our Lives?

A Computer Scientist Is A Machine For Converting Coffee Into Urine.

An Important Technology First Creates A Problem And Then Solves It.