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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.

Bill Joy

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
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
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
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
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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Research Use Way

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