"Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted." ― Philip Emeagwali Topic(s): Computers More From Philip Emeagwali "When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments." "One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations." "Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS." More In Computers "From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care insurance system."― John Shadegg "Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving – we had no proper food or anything – no proper shoes."― Ninette de Valois "My goal wasn’t to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers."― Steve Wozniak