For those of us who believe in physics, this separation between past, present and future is only an illusion, however tenacious.
The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.
Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?
Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act, and in that action are the seeds of new knowledge.
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.
When you're asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'
Stupid people do make me lose my temper and most people are stupid, fortunately for me. It's made it easier for me to make a living.
Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers.
This will result in wells that will make a substantial improvement in the recovery factor just because they are absolutely in the proper place within the reservoir for the purposes of drainage.
As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess.
I developed some unique software to public it on the web that I call the Folklore Project.
I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II.
Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.
Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it.
The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer.
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
Yes, I introduced the congressional pay cut bill, cutting our salaries by five percent. And I think we have to lead by example.
I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
