On skiing; quoted in John E. McNamara (2006), Remembering Alan's Humor, retrieved: 2006-12-26
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I'm opposed to any sport that reduces the coefficient of friction between me and the ground.
— Alan Kotok
What It Means
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About Alan Kotok
Alan Kotok (November 9, 1941 – May 26, 2006) was an American computer scientist at Digital Equipment Corporation, the World Wide Web Consortium and MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He is also remembered for contributions to Kotok-McCarthy and Spacewar! created with classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Alan Kotok
Alan Kotok (November 9, 1941 – May 26, 2006) was an American computer scientist at Digital Equipment Corporation, the World Wide Web Consortium and MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He is also remembered for contributions to Kotok-McCarthy and Spacewar! created with classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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