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You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.

Bill Joy

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
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
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
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor 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

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