A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you've done.
数字是一个不同的世界，因为你坐在家里，今天大多数人都能接触到高科技设备，所以他们正在观看你所做的任何事情的一个相当高科技的版本。
The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.'
我和我们这代人的不同之处在于，我不是说互联网正在扼杀唱片业务，而是说，‘谁在乎唱片业务呢，互联网正在促进音乐的发展。’
I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by the over-arching laws of physics we usually eventually find a technological way of doing it.
我自己相信，总有一天会有时间旅行，因为当我们发现某些东西并没有被包罗一切的物理定律所禁止时，我们通常最终会找到一种技术方法来实现它。
You have to remember that in the Internet sector, the Internet companies' share prices have been volatile not just in the last week, but over the last couple of years. That's likely, I think, to continue.
你必须记住，在互联网行业，互联网公司的股价不仅在上周出现了波动，而且在过去几年也出现了波动。我认为，这种情况很可能会继续下去。
The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.
添加功能的成本不仅仅是编写代码所花费的时间。成本还包括未来扩张的障碍。诀窍是选择那些互不冲突的特性。
I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to electromagnetic wave theory in a special course, given for Army personnel at the University of Chicago.
我参军了，在芝加哥大学为陆军人员开设的一门特殊课程中，我学习了几个月电磁波理论，之后被送到了麻省理工学院的辐射实验室。
The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you.
博士后向我解释了如何区分不同种类的粒子，根据它们在各种各样的探测器，火花室，量热计中所储存的能量。
The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day.
这项技术已经过时了。就像以前你只需要一个手提箱就能拥有一部手机一样。电池太重了，就像整天带着一加仑苏打水一样。
Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which it has given us, but also in that it guides our spirit.
科学是我们这个时代最伟大的创造动力。它支配着我们的精神世界，形成了我们的生活，不仅在它所给予我们的物质方面，而且在它指导我们的精神方面。
Free is really, you know, the gift of Silicon Valley to the world. It's an economic force, it's a technical force. It's a deflationary force, if not handled right. It is abundance, as opposed to scarcity.
你知道，免费是硅谷给世界的礼物。这是一种经济力量，也是一种技术力量。如果处理不当，这是一种通缩力量。它是富足，而不是匮乏。
It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.
事实上，更多的人通过看电视来获取信息，而不是读书。我发现新技术和新的沟通方式非常令人兴奋，我想在这个领域做更多的工作。
You all know how powerful and varied are the effects of which steam engines are capable; with them has really begun the great development of industry which has characterised our century before all others.
你们都知道蒸汽机的作用是多么强大和多样;有了他们，工业才真正开始了伟大的发展，这是我们这个世纪的特点。
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The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is the web was so open. Once you get too many rules, that will stifle innovation.
我们开发谷歌的环境，我们能够开发搜索引擎的原因，是网络是如此的开放。一旦你制定了太多的规则，就会扼杀创新。
Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.
人类的每一项发明、每一件工具、每一件仪器、每一件器物、每一种为使用而设计的物品，都是从非常简单的开始发展起来的。
People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?
人们今天比以往活得更长。他们过着更快乐的生活，拥有更多的知识和信息。所有这些都是通信技术的结果。有什么不好的?
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
人类创造的所有最伟大的技术发明——飞机、汽车、电脑——很少提到他的智力，但却充分说明了他的懒惰。
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。
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。