Anchor Books, - Computers - pages. 0 Reviews. In "Silicon Snake Oil", Clifford Stoll, the best-selling author of "The Cuckoo's Egg" and one of the pioneers of the Internet, turns Author: Clifford Stoll. Silicon Snake Oil. Second Thoughts on the Information Highway. by Clifford Stoll. Doubleday, A division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Hardcover $ Flap copy: Ah, the information highway. No phenomenon in modern times has received more attention, held out more promise, nor achieved more mythic stature than the information highway. In Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, the best-selling author of The Cuckoo's Egg and one of the pioneers of the Internet, turns his attention to the much-heralded information highway, revealing that it is not all it's cracked up to be. Yes, the Internet provides access to plenty of services, but useful information is virtually impossible to find and difficult to access/5(55).
From Clifford Stoll. Silicon Snake Oil, Second Thoughts on the Information Highway. New York: Doubleday, , Today's Internet hustlers invade our communities with computers, not concrete. By pushing the Internet as a universal panacea, they offer a tempting escape from this all-too-mundane world. In Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, the best-selling author of The Cuckoo's Egg and one of the pioneers of the Internet, turns his attention to the much-heralded information highway, revealing that it is not all it's cracked up to be. Yes, the Internet provides access to plenty of services, but useful information is virtually impossible to find and difficult to access. Silicon Snake Oil Second Thoughts on the Information Highway by Clifford Stoll. Doubleday, A division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Hardcover $ Flap copy: Ah, the information highway. No phenomenon in modern times has received more attention, held out more promise, nor achieved more mythic stature than the.
Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway is a book written by Clifford Stoll where he discusses his ambivalence regarding the future of how the internet will be used. He wrote the book at a time when he felt the promise of the internet was being over-hyped: "I'm mainly speaking to people who feel mystically lured to the Internet: lotus-eaters, beware. Life in the real world is far more interesting, far more important, far richer, than anything you'll ever find on a comp. Stoll, C. (). Silicon snake oil: Second thoughts on the information highway. New York: Doubleday, $, pp. (ISBN ) Reviewed by Eli T. Vestich Snakeoil is defined as any of various substances or mixtures claimed to have miraculous curing capabilities without regard to their medical worth or properties. Silicon Snake Oil. Second Thoughts on the Information Highway. by Clifford Stoll. Doubleday, A division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Hardcover $ Flap copy: Ah, the information highway. No phenomenon in modern times has received more attention, held out more promise, nor achieved more mythic stature than the information highway.
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