I sense an insatiable demand for connectivity. Maybe all these people have discovered important uses for the Internet. Perhaps some of them feel hungry for a community that our real neighborhoods don't deliver. At least a few must wonder what the big deal is.
Clifford StollAnyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.
Clifford StollThe information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it's really delivering is data... Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree... Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor's time is spent saying no.
Clifford StollTreat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Clifford Stoll