"Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons……" — Clifford Stoll

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

— Clifford Stoll

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22 Quotes by Clifford Stoll

Clifford Stoll has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask…
All truth is one. In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady evolution of mankind, from…
Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?
We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.
What's society going to be like when the kids today are phenomenally good at text messaging and spend a huge…
Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide…
Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours…
Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom.
When I'm online, I'm alone in a room, tapping on a keyboard, staring at a cathode-ray tube.
Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

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