What Does Cloud mean to us?

And yet another reason to think twice about cloud computing.
A two page article relating the recent issues surrounding Megaupload.
Popular File-Sharing Website Megaupload Shut Down - ABC News
Try this link http://www.megaupload.com/
How'd you like to have all your data on that cloud.
Regards
Randy

What Does Cloud mean to us?

Ummm, ... that it's gonna rain??

A sense of humor probably does come in handy regarding such matters.
But I can only imagine the disappointment of some unsuspecting users of Megaupload.com finding the only image left at that location is banner.jpg
Attachment 18180
I hope that image isn't copyrighted, don't see any such markings. But if it is please advise and I'll be happy to delete it.
Regards
Randy

Sorry, Randy... hadn't looked @ this yet though, I will. Just couldn't resist the silly pun; in the name of levity not, @ all, pointing, specifically, @ the material you'd made available for us to see That, which you bring to our attention is sure not humourous!

Cheers,
Drew

Randy, thanks for taking care of that "Young Whipper Snapper" for me. I was almost out of school when he came along.

I trust, Wilhelm, that's not in regard to this old guy

Drew

lol

Darn right, youngster

Ah, ride on, thanks, @ least age doesn't show. Hmmm, not sure that came out right

This thread is starting to grow a beard longer than the "Old Timer". So let me jump to the end......Eh? I could be wrong (I was Once) but didn't I read something this past week about some data storage company going under? I think I even forwarded the article to a customer of mine who paid good money for Carbonite. I warned him against it and he did it anyway. When his little HP Slimline computer blew its brains out and would not even turn on.....all that cloud stuff was as worthless as last weeks TV guide. What was really worth gold to him was my ability to, slave his old hard drive, to my own PC and access all his data and copy it off of his hard drive and burn it to DVD's for him. Now it's in his hand and it's SAFE.

He used to run Ghost 2003, from a boot disk and back up his whole system to an external drive, but then Carbonite gave him the old sales pitch and Ghost was left in the dust. Carbonite was also doing some kind of updates to his external drive, but when I looked at it, there was almost nothing there at all.

Ok, I went back and did some digging. The problem was with the company "Megaupload". It was taken down by the powers that be. Since then, several other file storage companies have voluntarily gone OFF LINE. I don't have to wonder where all those saved files went to. Can you say "Oblivion".???

A friend emailed me today, that "Fileserve" and "Filesonic" are effectively GONE. I wonder if "Hotfile" won't be next to go down.
It only takes one adult movie, or piece of copyrighted software on a site to get it Axed.

I do have files at box dot net, but they are files for my friends and customers to download, not any personal data. Besides, all those files are still on my own PC, and again on my personal file server where I have my own web page. So, if box dot net went belly up tomorrow.... Adios Amigo! No problemo! I know exactly where my files, or copies of them are. They're not off in a cloud somewhere. My personal data, going back two decades, never leaves my personal control.

Cheers Mates!
O.T.

What the cloud means is...eventually, you will be forced by government to go through one central system so they can keep an eye on you.

This is why cloud computing is being setup so they can control all your computing activities at some point in the future. If they don't like what you have to say or what you are doing, you'll be cut off.

And, even today...don't kid yourself that nobody is looking at the data being stored on a server somewhere instead of on your local drive...the government is in fact scanning data looking for specific key words in data relating to terrorism, drugs, and general ciminal activity.

Soon... they will be targeting free speech, political and Christian activity (other forms of religion aren't a problem)!
It's coming, so brace yo selfs...