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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.

Bill Joy

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
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
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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
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
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
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
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 just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
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
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People

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