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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Bill Joy

We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
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
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
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 standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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
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

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