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Gods, HN is so freakin' cool. Cliff, very unrelated, but your book "The Cuckoo's Egg" was assigned reading during my junior year of HS in my AP Computer Scienc
by rjbwork 4y ago
Gods, HN is so freakin' cool.
Cliff, very unrelated, but your book "The Cuckoo's Egg" was assigned reading during my junior year of HS in my AP Computer Science class. It got me so excited about the material and industry, and here I am nearly 20 years later as a professional software engineer. I really appreciate the impact you had on me!
- CliffStoll 4y agoThank you, RJB - the effect is bidirectional. The work of so many people, building cool things, continues to have a real impact on my life. Who'd've thought...
- agingllama 4y agoWow, I had to take this chance to let you know how much your book impacted me as well. What I loved so much about "The Cuckoo's Egg" is that it blends a great story, technical details, and personal growth. I've never read anything else like it. From all the other comments, it seems many people got as much out of it as I did. I especially liked your description of the Emacs bug that allowed outside access to Berkeley's computers. It brought out my great fascination with finding and fixing security holes. Thank you so much for this! Cliff, if you read this comment, are there any books that impacted you as much as your book impacted all of us? Since reading The Cuckoo's Egg, I've searched for similar books but have yet to find any that feel just as enjoyable. I'm open to recommendations from everyone else as well. :)