Clifford Stoll
Birth date: June 04, 1951
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Read this some time ago, and again recently. When I first read it, it described a world of mainframe computer users that was exciting but out of reach. Now it seams like a history lesson. It shows just how far we have come in computer development and even more in adopting the "connected world". Howe...
As well as a gripping techno-thriller, it's also a sweet romance, and includes a great chocolate-chip cookie recipe. Stoll never sets out to be a hero, he's just a problem-solving grad student, who becomes really dedicated to solving one particular problem.I wonder how dated it seems now?
Goodness, there's a name out of the blue. I had totally forgotten Clifford Stoll. I read the Cuckoo's Egg years ago and then when this book came out it was requested by all the Luddites on campus (many of them good friends) who were terrified by the Internet and computers. Stoll became their god for...
And then, in this book, Stoll goes from being a funky grad student with a problem to solve to a cranky old man, insisting that the kids stay off his yard. And turn down that racket they call "music". I give the man props for being an important voice in internet safety, but that's really all he kno...
As well as a gripping techno-thriller, it's also a sweet romance, and includes a great chocolate-chip cookie recipe. Stoll never sets out to be a hero, he's just a problem-solving grad student, who becomes really dedicated to solving one particular problem.I wonder how dated it seems now?
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