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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

Bill Joy

And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
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Research Use Way
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
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
There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
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Couple People Writing
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System

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