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Technology
When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.
说到软件，我更喜欢自由软件，因为我很少看到一个程序能够很好地满足我的需求，而拥有可用的资源可以拯救生命。
Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation.
关于现代科学对人们的生活方式及其文明的影响的确切影响，科学家们很难逃脱无知的指责。
I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.
我在上面已经论证过，我们无法阻止奇点的出现，奇点的到来是人类天生的竞争力和技术固有的可能性的必然结果。
On the other hand, we don't understand the theory too completely, and because of this fuzziness of spacetime, the very concept of spacetime and spacetime dimensions isn't precisely defined.
另一方面，我们对这个理论的理解还不是很全面，而且由于时空的这种模糊性，时空和时空维度的概念本身并没有得到精确的定义。
Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later.
由于摩尔定律的本质，一个极其聪明的图形程序员在某一时刻所能做的任何事情，都可以在若干年后被一个仅仅有能力的程序员所复制。
The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum.
下一代太空望远镜将比目前的哈勃太空望远镜离地球远得多，它还将探测光谱中的红外部分。
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.
盖茨是终极编程机器。他认为任何事情都可以被定义、检查、简化为本质，并重新排列成一个逻辑序列，从而实现特定的目标。
I basically did all the library research for this book on Google, and it not only saved me enormous amounts of time but actually gave me a much richer offering of research in a shorter time.
我基本上在谷歌上为这本书做了所有的图书馆研究，它不仅为我节省了大量的时间，而且在更短的时间内为我提供了更丰富的研究内容。
It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit.
如果我们运输安全管理局和国土安全部不发展我们的技术以适应我们所处的不断变化的威胁环境，这将是不明智的，也是不负责任的。
I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.
我喜欢电脑。我喜欢互联网。这是一个可以使用的工具。但不要被误导，认为这些技术只是一个退化的经济体系的各个方面。
I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world.
我被今天游戏的图形细节所震撼。我无法想象它会变得更好，但它会不断进步，很快我们就会生活在那个世界上。
Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes.
量子计算是……一种利用自然的独特的新方法…这将是第一个允许并行宇宙之间协作执行有用任务的技术。
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The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.
发明的进步赋予了人类一个世纪前最大胆的想象所无法想象的力量。
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
对于一项成功的技术，现实必须凌驾于公共关系之上，因为自然是不会被愚弄的。
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
信息技术的最大好处是它使人们能够做他们想做的事情。它让人们变得有创造力。它让人们更有效率。它让人们学习他们以前认为自己学不到的东西，所以从某种意义上说，这一切都是关于潜力的。
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
尽管技术上有了很大的进步，但归根结底还是一个男人或一个女人和麦克风，播放音乐，分享故事，谈论问题——与观众交流。
You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.
你可能不认为程序员是艺术家，但编程是一种极具创造性的职业。它是基于逻辑的创造力。
Wouldn't it be great if the technology we used to take care of ourselves was as good as the technology we use to make money?
如果我们用来照顾自己的技术和我们用来赚钱的技术一样好，那不是很棒吗?