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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

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
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
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
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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 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
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry

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