The Resource Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway, Clifford Stoll
Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway, Clifford Stoll
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The item Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway, Clifford Stoll represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
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- Discusses where the Internet is leading us and what the information highway really was, is, could, and should be
- Perhaps our networked world isn't a universal doorway to freedom. Might it be a distraction from reality? An ostrich hole to divert our attention and resources from social problems? A misuse of technology that encourages passive rather than active participation? I'm starting to ask questions like this, and I'm not the first. - Preface
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Preface
- A speleological introduction to the author's ambivalence
- An amalgam of popular fictions about the Internet, including brief trips to China and the city of no illusions
- Further explorations into the culture of computing, leading to questions about the isolation of networks, the nature of tools, the utility of sewers, and the author's continuing ambivalence; with a sidetrack into a four-wheeled discussion of maintaining the national infrastructure
- In which the author contemplates the computer's universal ability to generate frustration
- A short chapter about the short lives of digital things
- Comparing the digital tools of computing, such as image manipulation, with the physical tools we're leaving behind : this chapter is heavily biased by the author's astronomical bent
- Much business, some computing, precious little astronomy
- Comparing the Usenet to CB radio, without any astronomy
- On classrooms, with and without computers; some basic astrophysics for the intrepid
- An inquiry into mail, an experiment with the Post Office, and a comment on cryptography
- Wherein the author considers the future of the library, the myth of free information, and a novel way to heat bathwater
- Where the author considers bulletin boards, user groups, and reexamines his modem settings
- An embarrassing and self-referential addendum to chapter 12, included because the author's sister said she'd beat him up if he didn't
- A conclusion, which does not mention axolotls
- Appendix : Not quite a bibliography
- Isbn
- 9780385419932
- Label
- Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway
- Title
- Silicon snake oil
- Title remainder
- second thoughts on the information highway
- Statement of responsibility
- Clifford Stoll
- Subject
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- Computers and civilization
- Computers and civilization
- Datenautobahn
- Datenautobahn
- Datenverarbeitung
- Datenverarbeitung
- Gesellschaft
- Gesellschaft
- Informatiemaatschappij
- Computer Communication Networks
- Information technology
- Information technology
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet (Computer network)
- Internet advertising
- Sociale aspecten
- Informatietechnologie
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Discusses where the Internet is leading us and what the information highway really was, is, could, and should be
- Perhaps our networked world isn't a universal doorway to freedom. Might it be a distraction from reality? An ostrich hole to divert our attention and resources from social problems? A misuse of technology that encourages passive rather than active participation? I'm starting to ask questions like this, and I'm not the first. - Preface
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stoll, Clifford
- Dewey number
- 303.48/33
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA76.9.C66
- LC item number
- S88 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QA76.9.C66S88
- NAL item number
- 1995
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Computers and civilization
- Internet
- Information technology
- Computers and civilization
- Information technology
- Internet
- Informatiemaatschappij
- Internet
- Informatietechnologie
- Sociale aspecten
- Datenautobahn
- Datenverarbeitung
- Gesellschaft
- Internet advertising
- Datenverarbeitung
- Gesellschaft
- Datenautobahn
- Computer Communication Networks
- Label
- Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway, Clifford Stoll
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- A speleological introduction to the author's ambivalence -- An amalgam of popular fictions about the Internet, including brief trips to China and the city of no illusions -- Further explorations into the culture of computing, leading to questions about the isolation of networks, the nature of tools, the utility of sewers, and the author's continuing ambivalence; with a sidetrack into a four-wheeled discussion of maintaining the national infrastructure -- In which the author contemplates the computer's universal ability to generate frustration -- A short chapter about the short lives of digital things -- Comparing the digital tools of computing, such as image manipulation, with the physical tools we're leaving behind : this chapter is heavily biased by the author's astronomical bent -- Much business, some computing, precious little astronomy -- Comparing the Usenet to CB radio, without any astronomy -- On classrooms, with and without computers; some basic astrophysics for the intrepid -- An inquiry into mail, an experiment with the Post Office, and a comment on cryptography -- Wherein the author considers the future of the library, the myth of free information, and a novel way to heat bathwater -- Where the author considers bulletin boards, user groups, and reexamines his modem settings -- An embarrassing and self-referential addendum to chapter 12, included because the author's sister said she'd beat him up if he didn't -- A conclusion, which does not mention axolotls -- Appendix : Not quite a bibliography
- Control code
- ocm31900627
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385419932
- Lccn
- 95002537
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o31900627
- (OCoLC)31900627
- Label
- Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway, Clifford Stoll
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- A speleological introduction to the author's ambivalence -- An amalgam of popular fictions about the Internet, including brief trips to China and the city of no illusions -- Further explorations into the culture of computing, leading to questions about the isolation of networks, the nature of tools, the utility of sewers, and the author's continuing ambivalence; with a sidetrack into a four-wheeled discussion of maintaining the national infrastructure -- In which the author contemplates the computer's universal ability to generate frustration -- A short chapter about the short lives of digital things -- Comparing the digital tools of computing, such as image manipulation, with the physical tools we're leaving behind : this chapter is heavily biased by the author's astronomical bent -- Much business, some computing, precious little astronomy -- Comparing the Usenet to CB radio, without any astronomy -- On classrooms, with and without computers; some basic astrophysics for the intrepid -- An inquiry into mail, an experiment with the Post Office, and a comment on cryptography -- Wherein the author considers the future of the library, the myth of free information, and a novel way to heat bathwater -- Where the author considers bulletin boards, user groups, and reexamines his modem settings -- An embarrassing and self-referential addendum to chapter 12, included because the author's sister said she'd beat him up if he didn't -- A conclusion, which does not mention axolotls -- Appendix : Not quite a bibliography
- Control code
- ocm31900627
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385419932
- Lccn
- 95002537
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o31900627
- (OCoLC)31900627
Subject
- Computers and civilization
- Computers and civilization
- Datenautobahn
- Datenautobahn
- Datenverarbeitung
- Datenverarbeitung
- Gesellschaft
- Gesellschaft
- Informatiemaatschappij
- Computer Communication Networks
- Information technology
- Information technology
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet
- Internet (Computer network)
- Internet advertising
- Sociale aspecten
- Informatietechnologie
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