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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

Bill Joy

Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing

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