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Is this "The" Cliff Stoll from the book in the old days? If so, cool. Or maybe his grandkid I don't know. The article could use some comments on alternative
by VLM 3y ago
Is this "The" Cliff Stoll from the book in the old days? If so, cool. Or maybe his grandkid I don't know.
The article could use some comments on alternative slide rule scales like the famous EE-specific slide rules and others.
- ghaff 3y agoYes, it's the same Cliff Stoll; there's a short bio near the end.
- VLM 3y agoI found a wiki link for his book, its a pretty cool book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg_(book) IIRC he figured out how far away the hacker was by putting an o-scope on the rs232 line and measuring the kermit protocol ack packet delay and that was a pretty amazing story.
- ghaff 3y agoIt's been years since I've read it but recall it as a good read. He has another couple books as well but he admits he was wrong about various things in Silicon Snake Oil and the other book is sort of an ed-tech ant (about which he really wasn't wrong but not sure it brought a lot of new ideas.
- fmajid 3y agoHe also makes blown-glass Klein bottles: https://www.kleinbottle.com https://www.kleinbottle.com