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.

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 …

Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.

If something seems possible, that's probably because someone is already doing it. When something seems that it can't possibly work, nobody tries it. Real innov…

They're also a valuable supplement to the daily press, but like any new breakthrough, there is a dark side. (February 2005)

Scenario: In the summer of 1977 The Human League was formed due to the members finding no conventional channels for their immense talents.