Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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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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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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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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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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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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