There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Stephen Hawking
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This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it. -
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- Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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