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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.

Bill Joy

You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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Mirrors Thinking Views
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
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
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
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
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
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
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
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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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