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