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The condition of my personal workspace is my own business, as I see it.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Business Condition My Own Own Personal See I See

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The ability to 'multitask,' to switch rapidly among many competing focuses of attention, has become the hallmark of a successful citizen of the 21st century.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Ability Among Attention Become Century Citizen Competing Hallmark Many Rapidly Successful Switch 21St Century

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Multitasking, throughput, efficiency - these are excellent machine concepts, useful in the design of computer systems. But are they principles that nurture human thought and imagination?

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Computer Concepts Design Efficiency Excellent Human Imagination Machine Nurture Principles Systems Thought Useful

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Internet voting is surely coming. Though online ballots cannot be made secure, though the problems of voter authentication and privacy will remain unsolvable, I suspect we'll go ahead and do it anyway.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Anyway Ballots Cannot Coming Go Internet Made Online Privacy Problems Remain Secure Surely Suspect Though Voter Voting Will Ahead

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After we have put our intimate secrets and credit card numbers online, what can prevent us from putting our elections there as well?

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: After Card Credit Credit Card Elections Intimate Numbers Online Our Prevent Put Putting Secrets Us Well

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I like the little semi-competencies of human beings, I realize. Governance, after all, is a messy business, a world of demi-solutions and compromise, where ideals are tarnished regularly.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: After Beings Business Compromise Governance Human Human Beings Ideals Like Little Messy Realize Regularly Where World

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Y2K is showing everyone what technical people have been dealing with for years: the complex, muddled, bug-bitten systems we all depend on, and their nasty tendency toward the occasional disaster.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Been Complex Dealing Depend Disaster Everyone Nasty Occasional People Showing Systems Technical Tendency Toward Years

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Y2K has challenged a belief in digital technology that has been almost religious.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Almost Been Belief Challenged Digital Digital Technology Religious Technology

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Computer systems could not work without standards - an agreement among programs and systems about how they will exchange information.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: About Agreement Among Computer Could Exchange How Information Programs Standards Systems Will Without Work

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To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accommodations with failure, or the work will become intolerable.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Around Become Carefully Develop Either Error Failure Getting Intolerable Make Programmer Relationship Will Work You Your

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Nationality: American

Type: Professions

Born: Unknown

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