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 ождвр and difficult to access Is being on-line truly useful? "Few aspects of daily life require computers They're irrelevant to cooking, driving, visiting, negotiating, eating, hiking, dancing, speaking, and gossiping You don't need a computer to recite a poem or say a prayer " Computers can't, Stoll claims, provide a richer or better life A cautionary tale about today's media darling, Silicon Snake Oil has sparked intense debate across the country about the merits--and foibles--of what's been touted as the entranceway to our future.  FiretonМягкая обложка ISBN 0385419945.