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Added a few quotes by Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds
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victorlaerte committed Jun 10, 2019
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| “A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.” <br><br> “Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.” <br><br> “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” | <div id="alan-turing"></div> [![Alan Turing](images/alan_turing.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing) <br> Alan Turing (Computer Scientist, widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence) |
| “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” | <div id="albert-einstein"></div> [![Albert Einstein](images/albert_einstein.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein) <br> Albert Einstein (Scientist theoretical physicist) |
| “Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” | <div id="arthur-c-clarke"></div> [![Arthur C. Clarke](images/arthur_c_clarke.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke) <br> Arthur C. Clarke (Science writer, futurist and inventor) |
| “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” <br><br> “The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.” | <div id="bill-gates"></div> [![Bill Gates](images/bill_gates.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates) <br> Bill Gates (American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist and founder of Microsoft)|
| “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” <br><br> “The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.” <br><br> "Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent" | <div id="bill-gates"></div> [![Bill Gates](images/bill_gates.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates) <br> Bill Gates (American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist and founder of Microsoft)|
| “I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.” <br> <br>“C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.”<br><br> “Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.”<br><br> “A program that has not been tested does not work.”| <div id="bjarne-stroustrup"></div> [![Bjarne Stroustrup](images/bjarne_stroustrup.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarne_Stroustrup) <br> Bjarne Stroustrup is a Danish computer scientist, most notable for the creation and development of the widely used C++ programming language |
| "Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect." <br><br> “It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.” <br><br> “Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can't break.” | <div id="bruce-schneier"></div> [![Bruce Schneier](images/bruce_schneier.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier) <br> Bruce Schneier (Cryptographer, computer security professional, and writer) |
| “This is the whole point of technology. It creates an appetite for immortality on the one hand. It threatens universal extinction on the other. Technology is lust removed from nature.” | <div id="don-delillo"></div> [![Don DeLillo](images/don_delillo.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeLillo) <br> Don DeLillo (Author American novelist, playwright and essayist) |
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| “Perl – The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.” | <div id="keith-bostic"></div> [![Keith Bostic](images/keith_bostic.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Bostic) <br> Keith Bostic is an American Software Engineer and one of the key people in the history of Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX and Open Source software.
| “One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.” | <div id="ken-thompson"></div> [![Ken Thompson](images/ken_thompson.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson) <br> Ken Thompson (computer scientist, early developer of UNIX OS) |
| “It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.” <br><br> “Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.” | <div id="larry-wall"></div> [![Larry Wall](images/larry_wall.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall) <br> Larry Wall is a computer programmer and author. He created the Perl programming language. |
| “Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.” <br><br> “Software is like sex; it's better when it's free.” <br><br> “Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.” <br><br> “I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do.” <br><br> “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” | <div id="linus-torvalds"></div> [![Linus Torvalds](images/linus_torvalds.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds) <br> Linus Torvalds (Finnish American, software engineer and hacker, principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel) |
| “Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.” <br><br> “Software is like sex; it's better when it's free.” <br><br> “Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.” <br><br> “I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do.” <br><br> “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.” <br><br> "Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing" <br><br> "Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many" <br><br> "In many cases the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary" | <div id="linus-torvalds"></div> [![Linus Torvalds](images/linus_torvalds.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds) <br> Linus Torvalds (Finnish American, software engineer and hacker, principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel) |
| “If McDonalds were run like a software company, one out of every hundred Big Macs would give you food poisoning, and the response would be, ‘We’re sorry, here’s a coupon for two more.’” | <div id="mark-minasi"></div> [![Mark Minasi](images/unknown.jpg)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Minasi) <br> Mark Minasi (Author/speaker/consultant at MR&D) |
| “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” | <div id="martin-fowler"></div> [![Martin Fowler](images/martin_fowler.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Fowler) <br> Martin Fowler (author and speaker on software development) |
| “If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.” | <div id="omar-bradley"></div> [![Omar Bradley](images/omar_bradley.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Bradley) <br> Omar Bradley (General, US Army) |
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