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Clifford Stoll: The call to learn
- ams6110 10y agoLoved reading Cuckoos Egg back in the day but man ... can't sit through watching all that manic pacing and twitching.
- kemiller 10y agoIt's worth sticking it out to the end.
- diego_moita 10y agoHe looks like a real life version of the character Doc Emmett Brown from "Back to Future".
- Overtonwindow 10y agoThe Cuckoos Egg wil always be one of my favorite books, bless this man.
- CptJamesCook 10y ago"The first time you do something it's science The second time you do something it's engineering The third time you do something you're a technician" Funny quote.
- desireco42 10y agoThis guy is fantastic! I wish we had more scientists like this. I love how he outlined this talk on his hand and forces cameraman to display it.
- schoen 10y agoI guess the bell tower experience was extremely meaningful to Stoll, because I heard him speak in Berkeley in 1998 or 1999 and he also told that story at the end of his lecture. Maybe it's his equivalent of Richard Stallman's experience with the unmodifiable printer drivers.
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- bitmage 10y agoA truly unique character. He's not kidding about making the Klein bottles either: http://kleinbottle.com/ http://kleinbottle.com/ I've got one on my shelf at home.
- pmoriarty 10y agoThis video is distrubing, and it makes me wonder how Stoll ever got a TED talk. He seems to be severely hyperactive, have a lot of trouble focusing, staying on track, or remembering what he's supposed to be talking about. He also seems to have boundary issues and is insensitive to social cues or norms. The performance is reminiscent of someone on some sort of stimulant or maybe in a manic phase. I have trouble imagining how he could have enough focus to write a book or be productive in any way while in such a state. Was he always like this?
- __s 10y agoBeing up on stage can cause these behaviors to magnify, be it from nervousness or excitement or showmanship
- lotsofcows 10y agoHe's amusingly high-energy. Have a look at his youtube stuff. He magnifies it for effect. To look at someone on a stage and discuss/dismiss them the way you have seems to miss the point of putting someone on a stage. Given his output in books, videos, knitting and research, suggesting he has a lack of focus is laughable.