“There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center...” — Ken Thompson Quote

There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center.

We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records.

The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.

We have persistant objects, they're called files.

On September 11, 2001, America suffered an unimaginable tragedy and witnessed the incredible heroism of hundreds of first responders who rushed into the World Trade Center to save lives.

I always have the same thing - which is the fear of not getting a laugh - that I've had from the time I was a kid; obsessing over, 'This joke doesn't quite work, we've got to get this right.' I was always like that, whether I was a member of a six-person ensemble or whether I'm the center of a show.

One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don't know if it's true, but if you do something and 30 years later it still produces laughter, that's a fantasy you can't make up.

I don't really consider myself a center.