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Bill Joy

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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
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
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility

I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.

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