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Because the web has produced so much uninformed criticism. It’s kind of a Gresham’s Law-bad money drives the good money out of circulation.

Alan Kay

But Basic happened to be on a GE timesharing system that was done by Dartmouth, and when GE decided to franchise that, it started spreading Basic around just because it was there, not because it had any intrinsic merits whatsoever.
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Around Basic Decide Done Franchise Happen Spread Timeshare
I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three.
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Age Fluent Fortune Learn Misfortune Read Start Three
Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual – not how to use it but why, when, and for what.
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Every Technology How Manual Need Ship Special Use
Much of the debugging has to be done by others.
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Debugging Done Much Other
Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
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Civilization Endeavour Host Manner Science Stae Traveling Understanding
Artificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet
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Artificial Don't Know Intelligence Yet
If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place.
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Chance Fix Java More Much Place Pleasant Pros Sun World
When I first prepared this particular talk…
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First Particular Prepare Talk
Bad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically.
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Any Bad Detail Device Dynamical Medium Other Simulate User
Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones.
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Idea Java Make New Old One Think
Change is easy, except for the changed part.
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Change Easy Except Part
Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Anybody Do Else Is Do What Worry
Humans are communications junkies. We just can’t get enough.
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Communication Enough Get Human Junkie
[Computing] is just a fabulous place for that, because it’s a place where you don’t have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It’s a place where you can still be an artisan.
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Anything Artisan Computer Else Fabulous Just Place
So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.
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Eight End Five Inch iPhone Presentation ule World
Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it.
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Company Enough Large Listen Research Too

Because the web has produced so much uninformed criticism. It’s kind of a Gresham’s Law-bad money drives the good money out of circulation.

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