Video: Cliff Stoll Hacker Catcher
Cliff Stoll is an interesting “hero” for techno-geeks like me, and seeing that he did a talk for Ted, made me want to share it with you, good reader. His book The Cuckoo’s Egg
He found a KGB hacker, even though his expertise is in Astronomy, but he decided to figure out how all this Internet thing works, and became a techno-sleuth while doing it. His frenetic pace and stacato delivery is both wild but also refreshing to hear (OK I don’t think I could work with him, he might drive me nuts, but he is still an amazing person to listen to).
Clifford Stoll captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides — and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he’s a scientist: “Once I do something, I want to do something else.”
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February 6th, 2010 at 9:59 AM
GAH!! Of course I clicked on the book’s link, ’cause it did seem interesting. Oh, and look, it’s a ‘look inside’ listing. Let’s see if it is interesting. They let me read the first 6 pages of the story, and then left me hanging… Sure hope the library has a copy available…
February 6th, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Apologies, it is a good story and in the Ottawa public library here is the link:
http://bibliocommons.biblioottawalibrary.ca/item/show/174782014_the_cuckoos_egg
February 7th, 2010 at 1:11 AM
Thanks for the link… I was looking something for my trip!
February 8th, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Thanks for the link, BCM, I had completely forgotten about the book ’til I read the comments this AM.
BTW, you may have turned me on to a whole area of reading that I was unaware existed. Thanks!
Dr. Stock: only 2 copies left now! Better hurry!