Bill Joy Quotes

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• Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don't have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
• You can't solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
• I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
• If you stay up late and you have another hour of work to do, you can just stay up another hour later without running into…
• The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand.
• 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…
• Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
• Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.
• Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
• But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
• I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.
• I just don't like to lose what's in the window.
• I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
• I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
• I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
• And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species - to an intelligent robot that can make evolved…
• Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
• Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.
• It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.
• 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…

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