66 Quotes by Clifford Stoll

Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?

I've got a half-dozen computers in my house. But this cult of computing gives me the heebie-jeebies.

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

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.

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, if you want to know what society’s going to be like in 20 years, ask a kindergarten teacher.

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

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

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 real 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 have never gone bowling together?