The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.
引导人们走向艺术和科学的最强烈动机之一,是逃离日常琐碎生活及其痛苦的粗鲁和绝望的沉闷,就像这些人将宇宙及其构建置于他们情感生活的枢纽中,以寻找他们在个人生活的狭窄漩涡中找不到的和平和安全。
"Complexity theory teaches us that not all problems are created equal; some are inherently harder than others."