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科技
Technology
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
在一个标准的航天飞机机组人员中,有两名宇航员有试飞员的背景——指挥官和飞行员。
Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.
除了基本的数学能力,优秀程序员和优秀程序员之间的区别在于语言能力。
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
文明的进步是通过扩大我们可以不加思索地进行的重要活动的数量。
The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.
我们越把自己降低到机械的低层次,我们就越能在更高层次上释放更多的力量。
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。
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
哪里有必要的技术技巧来移山,哪里就不需要移山的信心。
I have seen the science I worshipped and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
我看到了我崇拜的科学和我热爱的飞机,摧毁了我所期待的文明。
I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
我看到了我所崇拜的科学,我所热爱的飞机,摧毁了我所期望它们为之服务的文明。
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
电影反映了文化,改编技术没有害处,但不会以失去原创性为代价。
As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
事实证明,有一种叫做互联网的东西,不管西装革履的人喜不喜欢,它都能传播出去。
The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.
通过电子邮件的交流比谈话更亲密——你允许自己说一些本来不会说的话。
There's a danger of the Internet just becoming loud, ugly and boring with a thousand voices screaming for attention.
有一种危险是,互联网会变得越来越嘈杂、丑陋和无聊,成千上万的人会尖叫着寻求关注。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.
技术给了我们力量,但它没有也不能告诉我们如何使用这种力量。多亏了科技,我们可以在世界各地即时交流,但它仍然不能帮助我们知道该说什么。