The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

计算机千变万化的本质使得它可以像一台机器或一种语言一样被塑造和利用。

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

真正的问题不是机器是否会思考，而是人是否会思考。

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

人是自然系统的一部分，自然系统趋向于自我平衡、自我调节、自我净化。但在科技领域并非如此。

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

现在的电影制作技术令人难以置信，但我坚信这一切都在故事中。

The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.

技术骨干不再是事后诸葛亮。

The technology of decentralization can be the saviour or assassin of contemporary and future society. The role of architects may be uncertain, but the role of architecture is not.

权力下放的技术可以成为当代和未来社会的救星或杀手。架构师的角色可能是不确定的，但是架构师的角色不是。

The technology used to detect if vehicles are carrying radioactive material is so sensitive it can tell if a person recently received radiation as part of a medical procedure.

用于检测车辆是否携带放射性物质的技术非常敏感，可以判断一个人最近是否在医疗过程中受到了辐射。

The tools of social networking: These are the digital campfires around which the audience gathers to hear our story.

社交网络的工具:这些是数字篝火，观众聚集在周围听我们的故事。

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

打字机在演奏时带着表情，并不比钢琴在姐姐或近亲面前更烦人。

There is more than a mere suspicion that the scientist who comes to ask metaphysical questions and turns away from metaphysical answers may be afraid of those answers.

这不仅仅是一个怀疑，科学家谁来问形而上学的问题，并偏离形而上学的答案可能害怕这些答案。

There is no point in launching technology before customers are ready to use it.

在客户准备好使用技术之前，发布技术是没有意义的。

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

在技术或管理技术方面，没有一项单独的发展能够保证在十年之内在生产力、可靠性和简洁性方面有一个数量级的改进。

There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters.

当你在玩游戏的时候，你会看到很多东西，因为科技的进步，它为各种各样的新角色腾出了空间。

This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.

这就像电话问题一样——没有人想要第一个。但是我们看到很多人想要某种技术来解决垃圾邮件问题。

Today we're focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it's fair to say we're not out looking for a large one, but I think it's also very fair to say that as a public company you can never say never.

如今，我们专注于小型收购，在必要时增加技术。我认为，公平地说，我们不是在寻找一家大公司，但我认为，公平地说，作为一家上市公司，你永远不能说不。