[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 05:17:53PM +0200, Newton, Philip wrote:
> > Greg McCarroll wrote:
> > > And of course the cuckoos egg. Which is a fun read.
> > Cliff Stoll's book?
> > Yup, I very much enjoyed reading that, too.
>
> Silicon Snake-oil really annoyed me, but I can't work out why.
>
> Most of the book seemed to be "People are using computers inappropriately,
> therefore using computers is bad".
It was quite a disappointing book.
It was like one of those Wired articles where someone writes
essentially "computers suck because my Mac doesn't work" only he span
a whole paperback out of it.
I think someone could (maybe has?) write a far more effective
anti-computer book than that.
--
1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- philip k. dick
