They Said It

"We need to start teaching programming and hacking in first grade or, better, earlier." -- Bob Frankston

"First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII -- and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure." - -Douglas Adams

Wade's Maxim: No one ever made money by typing. -- Wade Hennesey

The moon is covered with the results of astronomical odds. -- onyxruby on Kuro5hin.org

Linux like wigwam. No windows, no gates, Apache inside. - Albert Arendsen

A thinking computer... You mean, like a swimming ship? - Albert Arendsen

"We cannot trust some people who are noncomformists. We will make conformists out of them in a hurry... The organisation cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization" -- Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's

"We reject kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code." -- David Clark