“A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked.”
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Danny Hillis
Danny Hillis is a renowned inventor born on September 25, 1956. He has made significant contributions to computer science, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Hillis is known for his innovations in parallel computing and the design of large-scale parallel systems. more
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