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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.

Bill Joy

The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
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
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
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
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 was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards

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