Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
“VI was predecessor to hundreds of word processing systems. By now, Unix folks see it as a bit stodgy—it hasn’t the versatility of Gnu-Emacs,… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The astronomer's rule of thumb: if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen” — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
“Over the past decade Stallman created a powerful editing program called Gnu-Emacs. But Gnu’s much more than just a text editor. It’s easy to… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
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… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
The virtual community? The word virtual does not mean "virtue." It means "not." When I go to the store and they say: The shirt… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Call me a troglodyte; I'd rather peruse those photos alongside my sweetheart, catch the newspaper on the way to work, and page thorough a… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
