“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.” PeopleFeelsImportantRealUseBigsCommunityDealsWonderInternetDemandHungryNeighborhoodBig DealInsatiable Author:Clifford Stoll
“The Internet has no such organization - files are made available at random locations. To search through this chaos, we need smart tools, programs that find resources for us.” NeedsMadeInternetSmartResourcesProgramToolsOrganizationChaosAvailableLocationFiles Author:Clifford Stoll
“The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.” PerfectRoomsDoorsInternetEmptyFree SpeechDiversionEmpty Rooms Author:Clifford Stoll
“The information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it's really delivering is data... Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree... Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor's time is spent saying no.” QualityInformationInternetDataEditorsFree SpeechHighwaysUtilityAccuracySaying NoDeliveringBarometerPedigreeTimeliness Author:Clifford Stoll
“We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.” PeopleBookStupidInternetNewspapersStupid People Author:Clifford Stoll
“The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.” TechnologyInternetTelephonesInternet Users Author:Clifford Stoll
“If you don't have an e-mail address, you're in the Netherworld. If you don't have your own World Wide Web page, you're a nobody.” IfsWorldInternetPagesWideAddressesMailWorld Wide WebWeb Page Author:Clifford Stoll
