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

Bill Joy

The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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
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
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry

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