The Devouring Fungus: Tales of the Computer Age

"Zooks! At last, the culture, folklore, and mythology of computing. Here's the digital dirt from our computer age...collected and retold by Karla Jennings." -Cliff Stoll, author of The Cuckoo's Egg

Are you someone who'd use a RAM chip as fertilizer? Do you think that the best way to boot up a computer is with a steel toe? Then The Devouring Fungus is the book for you. Anyone who's ever had anything to do with computers-from the sophisticated hacker to the confused office worker to the unsusp...