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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

Bill Joy

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 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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
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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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
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
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking

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