Robert X. Cringely

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Robert X. Cringely is pseudonym of technology writer Mark Stephens, who wrote the Notes From the Field column in InfoWorld, for eight years. He is also penned the best-selling book Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date and appeared in two documentaries, Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires and Nerds 2.0.1. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+X.+Cringely">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

   · 1988 · cited 94,949x

2. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

   · 2011 · cited 55,885x

3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 45,540x

4. Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso

   · 1996 · cited 38,928x

5. The PHQ-9

   · 2001 · cited 38,324x

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• “If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls Royce would today cost $100 and get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside.”
• “More proof that trusting the Feds to protect our information is like hiring Homer Simpson to guard the donuts.”
• “What you have to watch out for are the theories that claim to be infallible. Because the only way their believers can win is to stomp out everyone who disagrees with them.”
• “If you ask someone whether our Constitutional rights are being flushed down the porcelain oubliette, and their response is, "If I answer that honestly they'll arrest me," then you already have your answer.”

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