Silicon Snake Oil by Cliff Stoll

Silicon Snake Oil by Cliff Stoll

In Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, the best-selling author of The Cuckoo's Egg and one of the pioneers of the Internet, turns his attention to the much-heralded information highway, revealing that it is not all it's cracked up to be. Yes, the Internet provides access to plenty of services, but useful information is virtually impossible to find and difficult to access. Is being on-line truly useful? Few aspects of daily life require computers.They're irrelevant to cooking, driving, visiting, negotiating, eating, hiking, dancing, speaking, and gossiping. You don't need a computer to.recite a poem or say a prayer. Computers can't, Stoll claims, provide a richer or better life.

A cautionary tale about today's media darling, Silicon Snake Oil has sparked intense debate across the country about the merits--and foibles--of what's been touted as the entranceway to our future.

Clifford Stoll, an MSNBC commentator, a lecturer, and a Berkeley astronomer, is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Cuckoo's Egg and Silicon Snake Oil. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay area.

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ISBN 13	9780385419932
ISBN 10	0385419937
Titre	Silicon Snake Oil
Auteur	Cliff Stoll
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Doubleday Books
Année de publication	1995-03-01
Nombre de pages	247
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