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科技
Technology
We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers, that too much talking might spoil the romance. But it's time to talk.
我们被科技迷住了。我们害怕,像年轻的情侣一样,过多的交谈可能会破坏浪漫。但是是时候谈谈了。
The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same.
汽车在技术上比捆绑板更为复杂,但人们使用它们的动机有时是相同的。
It's designed to capture viruses from your entire blood system. It's designed to capture viruses before cells and organs can be infected.
它的目的是从你的整个血液系统中捕获病毒。它的目的是在细胞和器官被感染之前捕捉病毒。
I am not that concerned that innovation in some large scale sense will suddenly and abruptly shift from one part of the world to another.
我并不担心某种大规模的创新会突然从世界的一个地方转移到另一个地方。
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
如果你认为技术可以解决你的安全问题,那么你就不了解这些问题,你也不了解技术。
The release of atomic energy has changed everything except our way of thinking and thus we are being driven unarmed towards a catastrophe.
原子能的释放改变了一切,除了我们的思维方式,因此我们正手无寸铁地走向一场灾难。
Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.
程序设计是应用数学中最困难的分支之一;较穷的数学家最好还是纯数学家。
Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.
预测不仅仅是你的大脑所做的事情之一。它是新皮质的主要功能,也是智力的基础。
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
现在出现了各种各样的计算机错误。如果你知道有多少医生声称他们正在治疗孕妇,你会感到惊讶的。
Think of Internet on the TV like the Web browser. The amount of time you spend on the PC in the browser is just going to grow continuously.
把电视上的互联网想象成网络浏览器。你花在浏览器上的时间将会持续增长。
Technology has not only changed the way people are able to view movies, it has changed the way our industry produces and advertises movies.
科技不仅改变了人们观看电影的方式,也改变了我们这个行业制作和宣传电影的方式。
I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.
我认为每个学生都需要接触技术,我认为技术可以成为一个非常重要的工具,帮助创造公平的竞争环境。
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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。
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 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。
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。
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。