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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.

Bill Joy

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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
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
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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

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