Cliche Quote by Clifford Stoll

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

“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

It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.

— Clifford Stoll

Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.

— Clifford Stoll

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

— Clifford Stoll

There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it.

— Clifford Stoll

No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.

— Clifford Stoll

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

“The astronomer's rule of thumb: if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen”

— Clifford Stoll

We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.

— Clifford Stoll

“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

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