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{{quote|Math ain't about numbers! If you think that math is all about numbers, you probably think that Shakespeare is all about words.|Clifford Stoll, [https://youtu.be/AAsICMPwGPY Numberphile - Klein Bottles]}} | {{quote|Math ain't about numbers! If you think that math is all about numbers, you probably think that Shakespeare is all about words.|Clifford Stoll, [https://youtu.be/AAsICMPwGPY Numberphile - Klein Bottles]}} | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
Cliff Stoll is an astronomer, author, teacher, and computing legend who is well known by his top quality, low volume [ | Cliff Stoll is an astronomer, author, teacher, and computing legend who is well known by his top quality, low volume [[Klein Bottle|Klein Bottles]] some of which are prominently displayed on the set of [[All_Episodes|The Portal]]. Cliff's company, [https://www.kleinbottle.com/ Acme Klein Bottles], supplies world-class blown glass [[Klein Bottle|Klein Bottles]] to many. It is purportedly operated from a crawlspace underneath his own home with the aid of some kind of robotic forklift.<br> | ||
=== Contributions to Computer Forensics === | === Contributions to Computer Forensics === | ||
As written in his book "The Cuckoo's Egg", after completing the optics design for the Keck Observatory, the need for further physical design expertise would diminish as construction on the observatory would commence. Cliff found himself facing the unemployment office, astronomers being in not as much demand as the concrete for the structure or ground glass for the now fully envisioned optics. Luckily enough, Cliff found himself recycled into a systems administrator at the computing department of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab. After encountering a $0.75 accounting error in the timesharing computer system, he would nearly single-handedly unravel the case of the "Hanover Hacker", implicating Markus Hess, an alleged KGB agent who would be known as the world's first documented computer hacker. Markus Hess would be convicted in 1990. <br> | As written in his book "The Cuckoo's Egg", after completing the optics design for the Keck Observatory, the need for further physical design expertise would diminish as construction on the observatory would commence. Cliff found himself facing the unemployment office, astronomers being in not as much demand as the concrete for the structure or ground glass for the now fully envisioned optics. Luckily enough, Cliff found himself recycled into a systems administrator at the computing department of the [[Lawrence Berkeley Lab]]. After encountering a $0.75 accounting error in the timesharing computer system, he would nearly single-handedly unravel the case of the "Hanover Hacker", implicating Markus Hess, an alleged KGB agent who would be known as the world's first documented computer hacker. Markus Hess would be convicted in 1990. <br> | ||
The access was achieved by backdooring the LOGIN system utility.<br> | The access was achieved by backdooring the LOGIN system utility.<br> | ||
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[https://search.proquest.com/docview/303044222/ Polarimetry of Jupiter at Large Phase Angles]<br> | [https://search.proquest.com/docview/303044222/ Polarimetry of Jupiter at Large Phase Angles]<br> | ||
[http://pdf.textfiles.com/academics/wilyhacker.pdf Communications of the ACM] | [http://pdf.textfiles.com/academics/wilyhacker.pdf Communications of the ACM] | ||