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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

Bill Joy

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
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
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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 problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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

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