Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perception of some things, which no one else has; or at least very few, if any... I can throw rays from every quarter of the universe into one vast focus.
Ada LovelaceRead
As soon as I have got flying to perfection, I have got a scheme about a steam engine.
Interpretation
Ada Lovelace emphasizes the connection between technological advancements in flight and steam engine innovation.
In this quote, Ada Lovelace expresses her forward-thinking nature and innovative spirit. She suggests that once mastering the challenges of flight, she will pivot her attention to developing a scheme for a steam engine, highlighting the interconnectedness of technological disciplines and the continuous pursuit of improvement and invention.
In practice
In a technology conference, using this quote can inspire engineers and inventors to think about the next big invention after achieving their current goals.
Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perception of some things, which no one else has; or at least very few, if any... I can throw rays from every quarter of the universe into one vast focus.
The ideas which led to the Analytical Engine occurred in a manner wholly independent of any that were connected with the Difference Engine. These ideas are indeed, in their own intrinsic nature, independent of the latter engine and might equally have occurred had it never existed nor even been thought of at all.
I have got a scheme to make a thing in the form of a horse with a steam engine in the inside so contrived as to move an immense pair of wings, fixed on the outside of the horse, in such a manner as to carry it up into the air while a person sits on its back.
Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science.
I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand about the many connections and relations which occur to me, how the matter in question was first thought of or arrived at, etc., etc.
I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing must be suffered to interfere with them. I intend to make such arrangements in town as will secure me a couple of hours daily (with very few exceptions) for my studies.
When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.
There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.
What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.
The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?
I would play games long enough to discover what games were doing and how they were doing it. And then I'd spend the rest of my time building.
Now it's easy for someone to set up a storefront and reach the entire world in very modest ways. So these technologies that we thought would dis-intermediate traditional sellers gave more people the tools to be sellers. It also changed the balance of power between sellers and buyers.
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