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Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

Bill Budge

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.
BILL BUDGE

Interesting Personality Reflection
You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.
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Hands Track Writing
I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.
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Agreement May Stupid
You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.
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Anyone Follow Through Heart
I have a really powerful urge to see things work.
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Powerful Really Powerful Urges
All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.
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Done Mature Stuff
A quiet personality sure isn’t what you need to attract attention.
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Attention Needs Personality
Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.
BILL BUDGE

Littles Program Sophistication Way
The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger.
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Apples Simple Special
When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.
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Apples Games Want
Robots… I think that is a hot topic.
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Hot Robots Thinking
To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.
BILL BUDGE

Honest Looks Old Stuff
I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can’t carry you through.
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Art Engineering Thinking
I’m a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.
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Anymore Coders Pushing
I write my programs primarily for myself.
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Myself Primarily Program Writing
The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.
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Keyboard Novices Program Sitting Use
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
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Artist Calling Misgivings
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
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Important People Thinking
Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.
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Games Trying Video

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