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Clifford Stoll
American
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About the author
Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#World
#Power
Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#Computer
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.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#People
#World
#Feeling
#Language
When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#Months
Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my family, my friends, my neighbourhood, my community.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#Time
#Life
#People
#Family
#Friends
#Community
If you don't have an E-mail address, you're in the Netherworld. If you don't have your own World Wide Web page, you're a nobody.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#World
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#Information
#Understanding
#Knowledge
#Wisdom
Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#Computers
The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.
Clifford Stoll,
American
Author
#Internet