13th October 2009, 8:55 AM
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/200...-cloud.ars
This basically shows why I STILL want to keep stuff I own locally. Cloud computing is great for some things, but the reality is you can't depend on those backups being there forever. It's the same reason you would want to buy your own copy of a book even if your library has plenty of fresh copies.
This basically shows why I STILL want to keep stuff I own locally. Cloud computing is great for some things, but the reality is you can't depend on those backups being there forever. It's the same reason you would want to buy your own copy of a book even if your library has plenty of fresh copies.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)