The first time I lived in Italy, in the mid-90ies, the internet was not the ubiquitous thing that it is now so I was not very well connected with the rest of th

The first time I lived in Italy, in the mid-90ies, the internet was not the ubiquitous thing that it is now so I was not very well connected with the rest of the world, and getting English language books was not so easy. I had a copy of that book that I think I read 5 times. I was also getting into Linux, so the whole thing was super cool and motivational. Mr. Stoll occasionally drops by this site ( https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=CliffStoll https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=CliffStoll ), so if he sees this: thanks!