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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?

Bill Joy

I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
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
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
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
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
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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

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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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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