I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
BILL JOYWhat’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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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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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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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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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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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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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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