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School is basically about one point of view - the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view.

Alan Kay

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
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University Teacher
Springfield
Massachusetts
Alan Curtis Kay
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If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. This is not secret knowledge. It's just secret to this pop culture.
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The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher.
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The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free? The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
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