All Clifford Stoll Quotes
- If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's writing code. No,… Ask
- All truth is one. In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady evolution of mankind, from darkness to light, from narrowness… All
- Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users? Addict
- We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure. Book
- What's society going to be like when the kids today are phenomenally good at text messaging and spend a huge amount of on-screen time, but… Amount
- 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.… Beyond
- Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought. Amount
- Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. Advice
- Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are yellow… Been
- Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom. Data
- When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube. Alone
- Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s. Classroom
- The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity. Gotten
- The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once… Engineering
- Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper. Any
- 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. Address
- 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,… Bringing
- Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships. Close
- Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? Addict
- 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… Admire
- Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world. Abilities
- Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users? Addiction