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Ken Thompson

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KEN HAM When we had highly sensitive information, the DNA on the dress, that was held within our office and ...
KEN STARR The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record co...
KEN AULETTA Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up.
KEN HILL To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.
KEN KEYES To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
KEN KEYES I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my con...
KEN KEYES Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
KEN IVERSON