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Anything which uses science as part of its name isn't: political science, creation science, computer science.

— Hal Abelson

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What’s important is not just to develop the technology; it’s to develop the processes.

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.

It is not that there is some magic technology. It is what are you going to do with it?

Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement

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