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Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by nroets »

jpalomaki wrote: post #10
slyall wrote: post #7

Cliff Stoll in case people were wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll I have his original book my shelf, it was fascinating when it came out. His Klein Bottle company is here: http://www.kleinbottle.com/

He has also written Cuckoo's Egg, a book about his hunt for hacker that broke into computer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg This was really fascinating read for a young nerd around very early 1990's.

It was the first time I heard of GNU software. For the next 3 years, my only perception was that it was insecure.

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by delinka »

esquivalience wrote: post #66
slyall wrote: post #7

Cliff Stoll in case people were wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll I have his original book my shelf, it was fascinating when it came out. His Klein Bottle company is here: http://www.kleinbottle.com/

He writes well. Check out the guarantees section ( http://www.kleinbottle.com/guarantee.htm ): We unconditionally guarantee your Acme Klein Bottle to be free of any defects in workmanship or workwomanship for a period of ONE YEAR following purchase. If you aren't satisfied with your Acme Klein Bottle -- for any reason -- just return it for a refund or replacement. You pick up shipping charges. We guarantee safe arriv…

"Guarantee void if a substantial portion of the Klein bottle leaks into the 4th dimension."

And he's funny. Mostly. ;-)

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by joshdance »

jpalomaki wrote: post #10
slyall wrote: post #7

Cliff Stoll in case people were wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll I have his original book my shelf, it was fascinating when it came out. His Klein Bottle company is here: http://www.kleinbottle.com/

He has also written Cuckoo's Egg, a book about his hunt for hacker that broke into computer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg This was really fascinating read for a young nerd around very early 1990's.

No way! I read that book in Junior High. Very well written, and very enjoyable. Didn't realize this was the same guy! Love it.

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

david-given wrote: post #85
Sealy wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would be curious to know what would happen if you put a carbonated/soda drink in it.

You can't --- it has no inside. You could probably put a carbonated drink on it, though...

You can't --- it has no inside.

yes it does, you just pour in/out from the bottom.

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by astrodust »

jpalomaki wrote: post #10
slyall wrote: post #7

Cliff Stoll in case people were wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll I have his original book my shelf, it was fascinating when it came out. His Klein Bottle company is here: http://www.kleinbottle.com/

He has also written Cuckoo's Egg, a book about his hunt for hacker that broke into computer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg This was really fascinating read for a young nerd around very early 1990's.

This book basically taught me UNIX. I'm not even kidding.

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by amdolan »

MagnumCI wrote: post #76

I went to a talk from Stoll years ago where he basically danced on tables, his enthusiasm is contagious. I've always been amused by his 'Internet commerce will never work, give up' essay http://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirva...

Good read, as an aside I found this to be somewhat funny :) from your link: http://imgur.com/dTdp2g7

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by merb »

kristofferR wrote: post #79
vijayr wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Advertisers? They have to pay for the ads, why would they want someone who is not from their target market watching the ads?

I'm pretty sure they only have to pay for the ad views (pre-roll etc), not regular video views of the commercial.

This one made me laugh :D

Re: The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]

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Post by samtimalsina »

esquivalience wrote: post #66
slyall wrote: post #7

Cliff Stoll in case people were wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll I have his original book my shelf, it was fascinating when it came out. His Klein Bottle company is here: http://www.kleinbottle.com/

He writes well. Check out the guarantees section ( http://www.kleinbottle.com/guarantee.htm ): We unconditionally guarantee your Acme Klein Bottle to be free of any defects in workmanship or workwomanship for a period of ONE YEAR following purchase. If you aren't satisfied with your Acme Klein Bottle -- for any reason -- just return it for a refund or replacement. You pick up shipping charges. We guarantee safe arriv…

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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