A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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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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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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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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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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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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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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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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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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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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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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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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