Tom Scholz Quotes

I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.

Computers can bully us. A slow and unreliable system will bring even the toughest soul to their knees as they find themselves completely defenseless against the erratic whims of their rogue machine.

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.

There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'.

Technical problems are like gremlins. They come and go.

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

I can't stand stupid, and I can't stand slow.

Basic research, performed for curiosity today, will drive the innovations years from now. When qunatum mecahnics was curioisty-driven basic research 80 years ago, no none had any inkling that there would be prectical cosequences of it. However today much more than half of entire gross nationa product was and is dependent on quantum mechanics. Cell phones, computers, and all the things we enjory were innovations that could not have taken place without an understanding of quantum mechanics.

Occasionally I get fed up, going to visit a factory, when I am being shown around by the chairman, who clearly hasn't got a clue, and I try to get hold of the factory manager, but I can't because the chairman wants to make sure he's the one in all the photographs.

I'm old, I'm used to crummy service, I'm trained to get crummy service. To me, the fact I can get through to a call centre and then hold for 15 minutes, I don't get that upset. My kids won't. They want to know the answer to their question now. As a company you have to provide an answer to that consumer.

It sucked to make my own CDs. I'm bad at that. It sucks to figure out how to power my amp. I don't know that stuff.

When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time.

I think that what computers have done is just disastrous to the language.

When I first started running there were no computers. There was no such thing as a laptop.

I have the Internet, but the first that happens with it is my machine will crash. I get by when it's operating. What would I know about updating?

When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

Technology does not always rhyme with perfection and reliability. Far from it in reality!

I was always a computer kid, and I grew up with the Internet and always found it fascinating.

In the developed world, we are surrounded by electronics - from the computers on our desks to the smart phones in our pockets to the thermostats in our homes to our data in the virtual cloud.

Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited.

I'm so tired of cell phones.

I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.