Seymour Cray Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Seymour Cray
Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac ) — Seymour Cray
I talk to myself through the computer. I ask myself questions, leave things to be looked at again, things that you would do with a notepad. It turns out today that it's much better today to do with a personal computer rather than a notepad. — Seymour Cray
If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? — Seymour Cray
One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you can. The concept is that if you do it a little differently there is a greater potential for reward than if you the same thing that other people are doing. I think that this kind of goal for one's work, having obviously the maximum risk, would have the maximum reward no matter what the field may be. — Seymour Cray
#3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer ) — Seymour Cray
I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions. — Seymour Cray
Farmers buy a lot of computers. — Seymour Cray
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late. — Seymour Cray
I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray. — Seymour Cray
Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system. — Seymour Cray
Parity is for farmers. — Seymour Cray
As long as we can make them smaller, we can make them faster. — Seymour Cray