Clifford Stoll
Clifford Stoll
Clifford Paul "Cliff" Stollis an American astronomer, author and teacher. He is best known for his investigation in 1986, while working as a systems administrator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, that led to the capture of hacker Markus Hess, and for Stoll's subsequent book, The Cuckoo's Egg, in which he details the investigation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 June 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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both computer
Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?
computers computing cult gives
I've got a half-dozen computers in my house. But this cult of computing gives me the heebie-jeebies.
agents american-author crude desires filters problem
The problem with intelligent agents and filters is that they can never do anything more than a crude approximation of my desires and wants.
smart organization tools
The Internet has no such organization - files are made available at random locations. To search through this chaos, we need smart tools, programs that find resources for us.
flames acrimony trivia
It's a great medium for trivia and hobbies, but not the place for reasoned, reflective judgment. Suprisingly often, discussions degenerate into acrimony, insults and flames.
our-society computer salespeople
No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.
strong school creativity
Here are my strong reservations about the wave of computer networks. They isolate us from one another and cheapen the meaning of actual experience. They work against literacy and creativity. They undercut our schools and libraries.
people feelings world
While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language.
empty-rooms doors perfect
The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.
real people community
I sense an insatiable demand for connectivity. Maybe all these people have discovered important uses for the Internet. Perhaps some of them feel hungry for a community that our real neighborhoods don't deliver. At least a few must wonder what the big deal is.
real giving world
Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.
information-is-power years community
For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information in your neighborhood? Librarians. And they're famous for having no power at all. And who has the most power in your community? Politicians. And they're notorious for being ill-informed.
civilization house way
If we built houses the way we build software, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
teacher cds government
The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.