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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.

Bill Joy

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
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
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 wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
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
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful

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