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TED Talks: Clifford Stoll

Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But he's not going to. Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll's to give a talk on any one topic. Instead, he simply captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides -- and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he's a scientist: "Once I do something, I want to do something else."

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huhnra : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

huhnra

5 votes NegativePositive

107 days 3 hours ago...

5/5 for the slide rule

Also, check out his website, www.kleinbottle.com

GB! : LVL 65: VP 5: said:

GB!

5 votes NegativePositive

107 days 2 hours ago...

I think I detected a few adhd symptoms

MARINE255 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

MARINE255

13 votes NegativePositive

107 days ago...

^ its a requirement at the Mad Science institute

down70 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

down70

Hidden (Show Comment) -17 votes

106 days 21 hours ago...

"anyone who has hung around a 4th grade class room..." Did anyone else get that pedo vibe? He`s a great mind though and his speech was interesting.

Tajumera : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Tajumera

9 votes NegativePositive

106 days 9 hours ago...

^ He`s too charismatic to be a pedo. Crowd pleasers never molest children, Silly.

Phanto : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Phanto

5 votes NegativePositive

103 days 1 hour ago...

"Crowd pleasers never molest children"

Unless they please the crowd by signing and doing moonwalking.

Seriously, that guy was awesome. I now know what a Klein bottle is and I find it fascinating. 5/5.

Tajumera : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Tajumera

0 votes NegativePositive

102 days 16 hours ago...

^ Internetz sarcazm iz crazy hard XD !!!!11!!one11eleven

jarcaf : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

jarcaf

4 votes NegativePositive

96 days 5 hours ago...

someone get that man a joint! STAT!

thinkbolt : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

thinkbolt

Hidden (Show Comment) -11 votes

96 days 5 hours ago...

I couldn`t watch more than a minute or two of this. He`s got serious problems.

Tada : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Tada

-4 votes NegativePositive

96 days 4 hours ago...

I think I saw him buying speed downtown a week ago!

MeBored : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

MeBored

4 votes NegativePositive

96 days 4 hours ago...

^Too bad, you`re missing out, the ending was the best.

alifeva1 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

alifeva1

1 votes NegativePositive

96 days 2 hours ago...

yea the ending was the best. i reckon it was a little bit of nervous jitters as his mind is the type that wanders, he was simply thinking while talking which in turn made him hard to understand happens to the best of us. smarter and wiser than me nonetheless he had my full attention.

tony : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

tony

0 votes NegativePositive

96 days 1 hour ago...

man if my physics teacher was even close to as interesting as this guy, i prolly would have considered a career in it. i loved the material, but he just killed my drive.

[0_o] : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

[0_o]

-3 votes NegativePositive

95 days 21 hours ago...

The guy`s trying too hard to be kooky...

pulpy.wulpy : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

pulpy.wulpy

1 votes NegativePositive

95 days 19 hours ago...

^ i dont think hes `trying` to be liek that.. i think thast just him.

the ending was awesome as it backed up what he said earlier..

i think he really put a lot of minds into perspective when he said that we should be asking kindergarten teachers what the future is going to be like rather than eengineers, scientists etc..

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