Outlook 2003 did create the idea of search folders and the whole Longhorn philosophy. You can see it at work in search folders, where instead of having to drop things into individual folders, and things exist only in one folder, you create these search folders and you have the criteria for the search folder.
It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
I don’t think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.
I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.
In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science – really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.
I’ve always been interested in science – one of my favourite books is James Watson’s ‘Molecular Biology of the Gene.’
I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.
In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don’t know if there’s a god or not…
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.
Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don’t think over time that’s a good way to go. I’m a huge believe in digital currency… but doing it on an anonymous basis I think that leads to some abuses, so I’m not involved in Bitcoin.