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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

Bill Joy

I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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 standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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 point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological

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