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科技
Technology
I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper.
我确信将会继续有令人兴奋的新产品和重大变化，但是看起来现有的技术有很大的发展和繁荣的空间。
If we really wanted to be cool, and everyone in the world had Pro Tools, we could just put it up on the internet and everyone could make their own record out of it.
如果我们真的想变得很酷，世界上每个人都有专业的工具，我们可以把它放到互联网上，每个人都可以用它制作自己的唱片。
Thus I was able to make pioneering measurements of the height and physical scale of plasma clouds in the ionosphere and also to estimate wind speeds in this region.
因此，我能够开创性地测量电离层等离子云的高度和物理尺度，并估计该地区的风速。
Science bestowed immense new powers on man, and, at the same time, created conditions which were largely beyond his comprehension and still more beyond his control.
科学赋予人类巨大的新力量，与此同时，它创造的条件在很大程度上超出了人类的理解，更超出了人类的控制。
If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.
如果我们假设许多自然现象实际上是计算，计算机科学的研究可以告诉我们可能发生的自然现象的种类。
Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.
任何人都可以使用这些网站——公司和大学，老师和学生，人们电子地共享图片，信息，课程工作和共同的兴趣。
I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways.
我认为草根媒体发生了重大转变，因为互联网，因为极客和书呆子统治着世界。他们在很多方面都处于控制之中。
If the guitar synthesizer is really going to stand as a synthesizer on its own, it needs to develop a more characteristic sound; I don' think it's gotten there yet.
如果吉他合成器真的想成为一个合成器，它需要发展一个更有特色的声音;我想它还没有到那里。
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions.
音乐家和记者是煤矿里的金丝雀，但最终，随着计算机变得越来越强大，它将扼杀所有的中产阶级职业。
High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage.
专注于研究、开发和生产的高科技公司将认识到，它们可以成为我们举世闻名的农业遗产的完美补充。
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
为了确认我的身份，我没有像大多数路德教男孩那样，得到一块手表和我的第一条长裤。我有一个望远镜。我妈妈认为这是最好的礼物。
If we had been less reliant on technology and the security that we enjoy in being divorced from what we used to know, maybe things would have turned out differently.
如果我们不那么依赖技术，也不那么依赖脱离我们过去所熟悉的东西所带来的安全感，也许事情的结果会有所不同。
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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。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。