A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.
程序维护的基本问题是，修复一个缺陷很有可能引入另一个缺陷。
I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies.
我认为只要化石燃料便宜，人们就会使用它们，这将推迟新技术的发展。
I can't think of any major innovations in technology that have influenced consumer behavior on the health insurance side.
我想不出有什么重大的技术创新影响了消费者在健康保险方面的行为。
Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science.
随着科学的进步，人们的思想逐渐得到启发，从而促进思想自由。
I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.
我必须说我觉得电视很有教育意义。一旦有人打开电视，我就去图书馆读一本好书。
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
电视就像室内管道的发明。它没有改变人们的习惯。只是把他们关在房子里。
I get a lot that people have a hard time believing that I'm a nerd... but I grew up with a Nintendo controller in my hand.
我知道很多人很难相信我是个书呆子…但我是拿着任天堂控制器长大的。
And this is one way to do technology forecasting; get a sense of where technology is, and then anticipate the next upturn.
这是技术预测的一种方法;了解一下技术的现状，然后预测下一轮的好转。
When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.
当人们想到计算机科学时，他们会联想到那些带着口袋保护器和厚眼镜、整夜编码的人。
There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein.
有一个人对音乐的颜色，光和音乐之间的联系很感兴趣，他就是爱因斯坦。
For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.
对我来说，用手指和点击手机绝对没问题。人们说那不是摄影艺术，但我不同意。
Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder.
有些技术领域我一点也不感兴趣，但我欢迎任何能让生活变得更简单而不是更困难的东西。
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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。
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 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。
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?
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。
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。