The legendary Cliff Stoll gave a delightful talk at DEFCON on Stalking The Wily Hacker (40 Years Later) at DEFCON. It's now online. If you've never seen Cliff, a Klein Bottle, or an overhead projector before, rush over to the youtubes and fix that right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0
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@mattblaze I get tired just watching him talk 🙂
@mattblaze Now I'm late for bed but that was worth every minute of my time, thanks for sharing this.
If, like me, you find it impossible to believe that this was 40 years ago, you're probably overdue for a colonoscopy.
Cliff’s brilliance as a hacker is self-evident. But his brilliance as a storyteller is a bit deceptive. He makes it look like the spontaneous, incoherent ravings of a deranged madman. But every word is actually a perfectly crafted step on a path he’s guiding you down.
@mattblaze I just found out his ted talk and i think its gloirous.
@mattblaze My god, he’s just like you’d expect and looks like he rode his bike to the talk.
@LabSpokane And he's ALWAYS been exactly like that.
@mattblaze Loved his books as a kid — even that super wrong one 😂
