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	Full of Deceit and Murder, Cuckoos Reveal New Disguise
		A parasitic species, hawk-cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other birds to avoid the work of raising their own offspring.
		Scientists say an East Asian cuckoo species appears to have an ingenious way to fool foster parents into thinking that their own offspring are still alive and tweeting.
		For the newborn cuckoo, masquerading as multiple chicks can be difficult, especially when the lone, giant nestling replaces the usual clamoring brood.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/05/0502_050502_cuckoos.html (618 words)

	MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS
		He left his book in Paris for fear, perhaps, that he might be robbed of it on the road; and telling his neighbours that he was going on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James of Compostello, he trudged on foot towards Madrid in search of a Rabbi.
		He soon convinced himself that it had been one of the sacred books of the Jews, and that it was taken from the temple of Jerusalem on its destruction by Titus.
		His chief works are the "Book of Light," the "Five Essences," the "Heaven of Philosophers," and his grand work "De Confectione Lapidis." He was not thought a shining light among the adepts.
	www.levity.com /alchemy/mackay.html (21457 words)

	Gordon's Academic Press Review Page
		Cuckoos are descended from an ancient lineage and have existed as a group for at least 65-114 million years and have therefore had more time to evolve their specialised habits.
		To sum up, this book is a 'cri de coeur' by a man whose fascination with herons and their allies has led him to visit most of the world's great wetlands and he invites us to share with him his love and concern for these unique places.
		This book, which should provide many of the answers, is written by one of the most brilliant ornithologists of our age and will become an indispensable aid for anyone who wishes to understand the deep, and often complex, forces that act upon the populations of wild birds.
	www.earthlife.net /birds/pub/academic.html (5080 words)

	The Cuckoos
		The young cuckoo is then in a position to evict these young from the nest as they hatch, ensuring that it is the only one fed by the hard working parents.
		Their nest is a large globular structure built near the ground, 2-4 white eggs are laid and both partners take part in the incubation of the eggs and the feeding of the young.
		The Cuckoo by Ian Wyllie 1981 ISBN = 0 7134 0266 0
	www.earthlife.net /birds/cuculiformes.html (1915 words)

	from the mind of me: 02/01/2005 - 02/28/2005
		The base description of the book is "On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives.
		From 100 books, I parsed it down to 56 that I was really interested in reading, and decided to tackle them in reverse order.
		Rather, he's developing that through the first half of the book, so it's taking a little adjusting to "learning as I go" about this world.
	gimpygal.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_gimpygal_archive.html (4236 words)

	Birds Queensland - Library Catalogues
		Cuckoos, nightbirds and Kingfishers of Australia: the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife.
		Egg collecting and birdlife of Australia : catalogue and data of the "Jacksonian Oological Collection".
		Fiat book of common birds in New Zealand : town, pasture and freshwater birds, The.
	www.birdsqueensland.org.au /bq_library.html (2382 words)

	Syllabus for NYU Class
		Books and Required reading: There will be no text for this course.
		You will be required to read one book, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, by John Allen Paulos.
		You will also be given handouts during the semester and you will be required to purchase other handouts.
	www.drewsullivan.com /nyu/syllabus.html (827 words)

	Strange Horizons Bookstore: Books
		These books follow two characters from Earth as we know it who are accidentally transported to a parallel universe, in which a roughly medieval civilization is struggling to survive in the face of a sudden wave of attacks by hideous alien creatures known as the Dark.
		This is the so-called "camp concentration" of the book's title, a strange oubliette where inmates are given a drug that will raise their intelligence to astounding levels, though it will also kill them in a matter of months.
		These books are in no way Mormon propaganda, though, and I certainly enjoyed them on their own merits, knowing nothing of the connection when I read them.
	www.strangehorizons.com /bookstore/books_fiction.shtml (12583 words)

	CUCKOO
		The aliens in CUCKOO'S EGG are just humans in disguise (figuratively speaking).
		CUCKOOS EGG is also recommended for beginning writers who want an excellent example of "Show, don't Tell." In that, Cherryh is very good.
		If you say it is totally instinctual, then this book will not be a problem for you; but, if you are like me and believe a lot of human behavior to be learned, then I do not recommend this book or you will feel cheated by a premise that (for you) is not plausible.
	www.yetanotherbookreview.com /cuckoos_egg.htm (489 words)

	Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll book review
		The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
		THE CUCKOO'S EGG by Clifford Stoll takes us back to the days when the Internet was unknown to those of us outside the scientific and academic worlds and the Soviet Union was an active threat.
		THE CUCKOO'S EGG by Clifford Stoll is highly recommended for anyone interested in the "early" days of computing, hacking and international espionage.
	www.inforingpress.com /articles/cuckoos-egg.htm (787 words)

	R B Payne publications
		Payne, R. Clutch size, egg size, and the consequences of single vs. multiple parasitism in parasitic finches.
		Payne, R. The clutch size and numbers of eggs of brown-headed cowbirds: effects of latitude and breeding season.
		Nestling eviction and vocal begging behaviors in Australian glossy cuckoos Chrysococcyx basalis and C. lucidus.
	www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /birds/rbprefs.html (2691 words)

	FOW essay page
		Shoebill is retained as a family of its own, but the cuckoos are not split into three groupings as some have proposed.
		Collar, N. Taxonomy and conservation: chicken and egg.
		Magellanic Plover is not elevated to Family level (Sibley 1996 does so but admits it is philosophy, not based on biochemical evidence) but the traditional Ibisbill [Ibidorhynchidae] is (Sibley-Monroe considered it just an odd member of the avocet-stilt assemblage).
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/essay.html (2997 words)

	Clifford Stoll: Silicon Snake Oil
		At the time "Cuckoo's Egg" was published, the internet still was in the hands of a small and exclusive group of scientists and computerfreaks.
		Although it does not have a plot like "The Cuckoo's Egg", countless anecdotes from Stolls life make "Silicon Snake Oil" an amusing and interesting book for everybody interested in watching one of today's most discussed topics from a different perspective.
		Clifford Stoll introduced himself as an author some years ago with his fact-based book "The Cuckoo's Egg" (title spelled "Das Kuckucksei" in german).
	www.gebonn.de /projekte/buecher/rez/stoll/wuest_en.htm (347 words)

	computer internet security reviews, product pricing & services
		While most other books on the market will show how to run exploits written by others, this is the first one addressing how to make yourself..
		I have read most of the current books in network security, and this is the first one, teaching you how to "think".
		This is essentially a book of specialized Internetwork Operating System (IOS) commands, as well as explanations of their behavior.
	www.rex-search.com /rex/111800,rx.html (502 words)

	blosxom.cgi
		A book by a danish news paper publisher that tried to create a new country wide newspaper, unfortunately the paper ran less than a month because noone would by comercial space in it.
		Keep in mind that the book takes place in the early 80ies so some of the technology and hacking techniques they use are quite well known by now.
		The engineering text books that I am used to are quite a lot easier to manage.
	www.earls.dk /blosxom.cgi (2340 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage: Books
		Despite the age of this book, the basic concepts of hackers, viruses and worms are surprisingly similar now to what they were in the late 1980's, the period when The Cuckoo's Egg is set.
		The Cuckoo's Egg is his wild and suspenseful true story -- a year of deception, broken codes, satellites, missile bases, and the ultimate sting operation -- and how one ingenious American trapped a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine,and reporting to the KGB.
		A cuckoo bird will lay its egg in another birds nest letting that bird raise the offspring as her own.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0743411463 (1074 words)

	collision detection: Creationist penguins
		That any one of these eggs survives is a remarkable feat -- and, some might suppose, a strong case for intelligent design.
		I believe there's a book out there now by a scholar arguing that America's legalistic prohibitions against the use of publicly funded organizations for religious proselytizing is the precise reason fundamentalism and Biblical literalism are so big in the US: The fundamentalists feel they're fighting for their life.
		It does seem, however, from an outside perspective, that the rise in reactionary literalist creationist politics might in fact be reaction to the rise in reactionary literalist materialist politics.
	www.collisiondetection.net /mt/archives/2005/09/who_knew_appare.html (3474 words)

	LINKS
		Clifford Stoll's book is about computer espionage and tracking the "Hannover Hacker" down through the computer.
		This book explains what they used to track Mitnick down.
		This book explains how computer security is invaded by intruders.
	www.georgiasouthern.edu /~aryczkow/links.html (414 words)

	Science and Christianity
		Or as someone else pointed out, "science" is like a cuckoos egg laid in the nest of Christianity, but was not the same species of the other birds in the nest, and even began nudging the eggs of the native birds out of the nest to make room only for itself.
		To understand the resurgence of interest in science in Europe, one must read the recent book, Aristotle's Children (look up a synopsis and reviewer's comments on the web) that points out that Christian Platonism was a dead end for science and only Islamic translations of Aristotle jump started modern science, not Christianity.
		The same danger threatened anyone using his mind according to their manner, with analytical intent, ranging widely for the materials of understanding, and independent of divine imparted teachings.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /creationscience/science_christianity.html (1482 words)

	The Old Joel on Software Forum - "Entertaining" computing-type books
		Hofstadter's other books are worth reading too - Metamagical Themas is columns from SciAm, but quite a lot is at least obliquely related to computing.
		If you're fed up with a computing job, you can read this and step back from it to know at least there can be some light at the end of the tunnel and not everything management says is right.
		I like the books by Simon Singh for light popular science reading.
	discuss.fogcreek.com /joelonsoftware?cmd=show&ixPost=47483 (766 words)

	Cuckoo's Egg (Age of Exploration, book 3) by C J Cherryh
		Cuckoo's Egg (Age of Exploration, book 3) by C J Cherryh
		FantasticFiction > Authors C > C J Cherryh > Cuckoo's Egg (Age of Exploration, book 3)
		But when the crunch came, when Thorn finally learned what his true role in life was to be, that on him might hang the future of two worlds, then he had to stand alone to justify his very existence.
	www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /c/c-j-cherryh/cuckoos-egg.htm (183 words)

	leyton.org » Banking mix up
		As my techie side is versed in such delicious hacker stories as Cliff Stoll’s excellent book “The Cuckoos Egg”, I enjoyed a brief flight of fancy that my accountancy error highlighted some serious hacking and espionage.
		My personal bank account statement showed the figures correctly, so I was up twenty pence at the banks expense.
		Unlikely of course, but I called up the bank and let them know.
	www.leyton.org /diary/2005/06/09/banking-mix-up (447 words)

	computer * Ada 95 Reference Manual Language...
		Cuckoos Egg Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage.
		Windows 98 Registry Little Black Book The Essential Daily Guide to Cracking the PC Code and Personalizing a Computer.
		Steal This Computer Book 2 What They Wont Tell You About the Internet.
	www.bookdatabase.at /bookuuucomputer.html (1521 words)

	FAQ about Cuckoo's Egg
		Wasn't there a television show made from the book?
		What's the answer to the number sequence given by Robert Morris of the NSA?
		Hardback (link to hardback ISBN & stashed copies)
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~stoll/cuckoos_egg.html (31 words)

	There Are No Stupid Questions Only Stupid Teachers
		If you are interested in learning more about viruses, you would do well to read the book The Cuckoos Egg, by Clifford Stoll.
		It was said in a book about manners that good table manners are designed to tell the difference between who is eating and who is being eaten.
		It is not a good idea to hit the actual power switch to turn off your computer unless it is the only way to shut down.
	www.windowatch.com /2005/august/tips11_8.html (3809 words)

	Free Essays - The Cuckoos Egg: Cliffs Persistence
		"The Cuckoo's Egg" is a story of persistence, love for one's work and is just
		This is the first 1,000 characters of 1876 words (8 pages) in the essay titled The Cuckoos Egg: Cliffs Persistence
		Free Essays - The Cuckoos Egg: Cliffs Persistence
	www.freeessays.tv /a25.htm (251 words)

	Buteo Books: General Ornithology Titles - Bird Books, Ornithology Texts, Birding Gear
		A "landmark" book on the geographical distribution of species, first published in 1967.
		ANDERSON-BROWN, A.F. and G.E.S. The New Incubation Book.
		One-fourth of this book is devoted to birds.
	www.buteobooks.com /general.html (2337 words)

	CFP'91 -
		And one of the precepts taught in that book is, "Clean up your own mess." And I guess I still wait for Dale Boll of the Secret Service and for some others to follow that precept as well, because another thing Don Ingraham said was that,...
		We may have to have some court decisions explaining how the laws that we have on the books apply.
		By the same token, I listened closely to what Don Ingraham had to say and he quoted from that very popular book, All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten, or something to that effect.
	archive.cpsr.net /conferences/cfp91/ddenning.html (10955 words)

	CFP'91 -
		This is what Cliff Stoll in his book [The Cuckoos Egg, about tracking a computer spy, from Doubleday Publishers] refers to as sort of a "sandbox" theory of it.
		We're not talking in terms of what happened in The Cuckoos Egg, but I still think it's a matter of serious nature when we have kids that are hacking - and teaching other kids to hack into, or crack - into computers so that they can steal information at the national level.
		In Cliff Stoll's book, The Cuckoos Egg, he also says the same thing when he'd discovered that somebody'd entered his computer and he felt this personal sense of violation.
	archive.cpsr.net /conferences/cfp91/tenney.html (14204 words)

	Children's fiction
		The only problem is that the egg has a mind of it's own and leads Little Kiwi on a wild chase through the New Zealand bush.
		This book follows the doctor's search for this large cousin of the pukeko and illustrates the rewards of having a curious mind.
		See if you can spot the Tuatara family as they make their way through the pages of this book in search of the elusive Larry.
	www.sanctuary.org.nz /shop/childfict.html (1024 words)

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