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The Cuckoo's Egg is the book that got me interested in computers and decide to learn programming. It will always have a special place in my heart.
by maxbond 4y ago
The Cuckoo's Egg is the book that got me interested in computers and decide to learn programming. It will always have a special place in my heart.
- mindcrime 4y agoI came to The Cuckoo's Egg in somewhat indirect fashion - it was mentioned in Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier by Markoff and Haffner, which was one of the first books that got me interested in computing. Not the very first mind you (I think that would be The Soul of a New Machine) but certainly one of the first. And so of course I immediately had to go out and find a copy of The Cuckoo's Egg after reading Cyberpunk and things just carried on from there. Next thing you know I'm beige-boxing COCOT's at remote rural gas stations at 2:00am to call into the Hacker's Haven BBS to download Tone-Loc and other nifty programs, and newsletters by groups with names like "Cult of the Dead Cow" and "Phone Losers of America", etc.. Aaaah, the good old days. :-)