A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
当人类想要制造一种能行走的机器时，他创造了轮子，它不像一条腿。
For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore.
对我来说，现代科技已经毁了爱情和电影——再也没有人能跑到登机门了。
Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.
我们的世界已经进化并变得更加精通技术。立法者需要适应这些变化。
The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore.
未来是电子化的。它是广播、电视和互联网;它不再是真正的报纸。
Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side.
产品管理实际上是技术、工程师的工作和业务之间的融合。
If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.
如果人类的大脑如此简单以至于我们能够理解它，那么我们就会如此简单以至于我们无法理解它。
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
反物质对我们来说不是能量的来源，它是一种储存能量的方法，紧凑但效率低下。
The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.
最好的科学家乐于体验，并从浪漫开始——认为一切皆有可能。
Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
干细胞研究有望为多种疾病找到治疗方法。
The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.
有神论者和科学家是自然的对立解释者，一方退让，另一方进步。
There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.
操作系统软件和在其上运行的软件之间没有明显的区别。
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
用代码行来衡量编程进度，就像用重量来衡量飞机建造进度一样。
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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。
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。
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。
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?
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。
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
我们拥有的，而机器没有的，是展示智慧的能力。