Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor.

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.

One of the obvious things that went wrong with Multics as a commercial success was just that it was sort of over-engineered in a sense. There was just too much in it.

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time. I'm a home-body and get fatigued by it fairly soon, but enjoy thinking back on experiences when I've returned and then often wish I'd arranged a longer stay in the somewhat exotic place.

... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time.