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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.

Bill Joy

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying 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
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
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
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
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
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
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
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
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media

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