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.
BILL JOYGiven 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?
More Bill Joy Quotes
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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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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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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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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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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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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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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