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You know you’re an email junkie when... you wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and check your email on your way back to bed.
You know you’re an email junkie when… ...you name your children Eudora, Mozilla, and Dotcom.
When the going gets tough... ,[object Object]
Did you know? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Did you know? Yahoo is worth $8.2 billion,  compared to The New York Times at $7.6 billion
For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
If at first you don’t succeed… blame your computer.
As soon as you understand your computer, it will become obsolete.
He who laughs last, probably made a back-up disk.
To foul up is human, to foul-up royally requires a computer .
A computer program will do what you tell it to, seldom what you want it to.
Half the cause of computer problems, is computer solutions.
Notable Quotables “ The flying machine will eventually be fast; they will be  used in sport, but they  are not to be thought  of as commercial  carriers.” --Octave Chanute, pioneer, 1904
Notable Quotables “ The idea of space travel is bilge.” -Sir Richard Wooley, Astronomer Royal, UK, 1956
Notable Quotables “ Airplanes are interesting toys but of  no military  value.” -Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre
Notable Quotables “ Landing and moving around on the moon offer so many problems for human beings that it may take science another 200 years to  lick them.” -Lord Kelvin, physicist and mathematician video from http://loft.meaning.com/library/gutenburg/etext94/landing/00_index.htm
Notable Quotables “ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” --Lord Kelvin, President Royal Society, 1895
Notable Quotables “ The ‘horseless carriage’ is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and although its price  will probably fall in the future, it will never  come into as common use as the bicycle” --Literary Digest, 1881
Notable Quotables “ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” --Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
Worth Quoting “ Computers in  the future may  weight no more  than 1.5 tons.” --Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
Worth Quoting “ I can assure you  that data processing  is a fad that won’t last out the year.” --The editor in charge of business books for  Prentice Hall, 1957
Notable Quotables “ There is no reason anyone would want a  computer in  their home.” -Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
Notable Quotables “ 640K ought to be enough for anybody.” --Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, 1981
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],Sir David Brewster, 1856, stereoscope and magic lantern - precursors to the overhead projector
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],Thomas Edison, 1911,  moving pictures
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],1940, radio, then TV
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],[object Object],1840, 1842, the chalkboard
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],1855, chalkboard in the hands of a teacher
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],1980, Seymour Papert,  Mindstorms , re: computers
Guess the Year and Device ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Quoted from Dockterman, D. 1997.  Great Teaching in the One Computer Classroom

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  • 1. You know you’re an email junkie when... you wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and check your email on your way back to bed.
  • 2. You know you’re an email junkie when… ...you name your children Eudora, Mozilla, and Dotcom.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. Did you know? Yahoo is worth $8.2 billion, compared to The New York Times at $7.6 billion
  • 6. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
  • 7. If at first you don’t succeed… blame your computer.
  • 8. As soon as you understand your computer, it will become obsolete.
  • 9. He who laughs last, probably made a back-up disk.
  • 10. To foul up is human, to foul-up royally requires a computer .
  • 11. A computer program will do what you tell it to, seldom what you want it to.
  • 12. Half the cause of computer problems, is computer solutions.
  • 13. Notable Quotables “ The flying machine will eventually be fast; they will be used in sport, but they are not to be thought of as commercial carriers.” --Octave Chanute, pioneer, 1904
  • 14. Notable Quotables “ The idea of space travel is bilge.” -Sir Richard Wooley, Astronomer Royal, UK, 1956
  • 15. Notable Quotables “ Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.” -Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre
  • 16. Notable Quotables “ Landing and moving around on the moon offer so many problems for human beings that it may take science another 200 years to lick them.” -Lord Kelvin, physicist and mathematician video from http://loft.meaning.com/library/gutenburg/etext94/landing/00_index.htm
  • 17. Notable Quotables “ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” --Lord Kelvin, President Royal Society, 1895
  • 18. Notable Quotables “ The ‘horseless carriage’ is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and although its price will probably fall in the future, it will never come into as common use as the bicycle” --Literary Digest, 1881
  • 19. Notable Quotables “ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” --Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
  • 20. Worth Quoting “ Computers in the future may weight no more than 1.5 tons.” --Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
  • 21. Worth Quoting “ I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” --The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957
  • 22. Notable Quotables “ There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” -Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
  • 23. Notable Quotables “ 640K ought to be enough for anybody.” --Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, 1981
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