I started getting into Internet technologies and computers. I wasn't especially interested in being a musician, but I wound up finding my way back to being interested in music through computers.

我开始接触互联网技术和电脑。我对成为一名音乐家并不是特别感兴趣，但我最终通过电脑找到了重新对音乐感兴趣的方法。

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.

我认为电脑病毒应该算作生命。我认为这说明了人类的本性，我们迄今创造的唯一生命形式纯粹是破坏性的。我们按照自己的形象创造了生命。

I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, 'Looks like you're writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, you'll get more money.'

我想，如果你在电脑上写赎金便条，如果回形针弹出来说，‘看起来你在写赎金便条’，那就太酷了。需要帮助？你应该使用更有力的语言，你会得到更多的钱。”

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

我认为可以说个人电脑已经成为我们所创造的最强大的工具。它们是沟通的工具，是创造的工具，它们可以被用户塑造。

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

我害怕互联网……因为我不会打字。

I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone.

我在电脑上写歌词，在录音机上哼歌。

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

我的名字来源于一台电脑，我对它们很感兴趣。

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message.

我预测，我们最终会有一台电脑自动搜索我的电子邮件，删除所有以“我想你会感兴趣”开头的邮件，然后给发件人电击，提醒他或她停止发送这种邮件。

I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems.

我害怕打开电脑，因为有这么多诗。

I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.

我太老了，不会用电脑。我太老了，不会用羽毛笔。

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

我从来没有对数码声音产生过任何兴趣，所以电脑让我失去了兴趣。

I've tried word processors, but I think I'm too old a dog to use one.

我试过文字处理机，但我想我太老了，不能用了。

If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.

如果我的电脑上有一个电子表格，它看起来就像我很忙。

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

如果我离开电脑，我可能几个小时都回不来了。如果我花几分钟的时间来回答问题和上网冲浪，然后我就会产生内疚感，然后我就回去工作了。

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

如果网络中立性消失，它将从根本上改变互联网的一切。