Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
BILL JOYThe standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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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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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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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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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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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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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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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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