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- I sense an insatiable demand for connectivity. Maybe all these people have discovered important uses for the Internet. Perhaps some of them feel hungry for a community that our real neighborhoods don't deliver. At least a few must wonder what the big deal is.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- 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.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden
- No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
- It's a great medium for trivia and hobbies, but not the place for reasoned, reflective judgment. Suprisingly often, discussions degenerate into acrimony, insults and flames.
- Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil, 1995
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