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I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

Donald Knuth

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Donald Knuth
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
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The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn't make its motion random.
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My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the text into my machine.
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Meta-design is much more difficult than design it's easier to draw something than to explain how to draw it.
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I think people who write programs do have at least a glimmer of extra insight into the nature of God... because creating a program often means that you have to create a small universe
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Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random
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By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method it is much closer to reality.
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Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.
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An algorithm must be seen to be believed.
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A list is only as strong as its weakest link.
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It is much more rewarding to do more with less.
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We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.
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Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer and if we don't fully understand something, it is an art to deal with it.
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I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.
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The best practice is inspired by theory.
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It would be nice if we could design a virtual reality in Hyperbolic Space, and meet each other there.
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If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things it will improve your practice.
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I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.
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