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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.

Bill Joy

Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
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
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
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
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
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 drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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Mirrors Thinking Views
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

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