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Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.

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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

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Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

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Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

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I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.

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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

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I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: March 10th, 1949

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