The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
BILL JOYThe best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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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 best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it’s true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.
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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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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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