Jane On-Line

Being a (computational:) linguist:

Words and chess pieces are analogous; knowing how to use a word is like knowing how to move a chess piece. Now how do the rules enter into playing the game? What is the difference between playing the game and aimlessly moving the pieces? I do not deny there is a difference, but I want to say that knowing how a piece is to be used is not a particular state of mind which goes on while the game goes on. The meaning of a word is to be defined by the rules for its use, not by the feeling that attaches to the words… (Wittgenstein)

Being a statistician:

The most important questions of life are, for the most part, really only questions of probability.. (Laplace, 1812)

Being a computer freak:

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest… (Isaak Asimov)

Being me:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover… (Mark Twain)