Guys, A gazillion financial transactions a second are transmitted digitally and you can't trust The System? As one of seven billion citizens what are the odds that you will get mugged on line compared to anywhere else? Your personal data is more likely to benefit you. What if, to give an on-topic example, anyone could look at all your pictures any time they needed a picture for an illustration? What about a real-time photo request directly to your camera? Odds are someone with a live camera would holler Bingo! Kaa ching - a few pennies in and out the bank accounts. What if your camera critiqued your pictures: "If you think that last shot was good try it like this." It pulls one by one of your fave photographers off the Cloud for an example. Or "You already took this picture a zillion times. Try something new?" AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book 5ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: data storage (again) > From: Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, August 04, 2009 11:46 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Prior to my retirement three years and four days ago, I saw "off line" > storage schemes at many of my Customers. I don't remember any of them > using the INT_ER_NET but rather they used an INT_RA_NET. > Having been in the information technology business for forty years and > having seen what my Customers did to store data and knowing what I know > about data security, there is no way I would send my info to a 'cloud'. > The toaster and green home are the least of my concerns. I am more > concerned about big brother, account numbers, and the info that > identifies me and me alone. Storing in a cloud is to me, like saying, > ""Here you are identity thieves. Anything else I can do to help you be me?" > And as Roy said, if my ISP or access point goes down, I can still work > off line. > Bob > PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote: > > Some on Motley Fool have been pushing investments in companies that > > are expected to run the cloud. > > However I see the two problems with the cloud.One you have centralized > > access to all info which Big Brother might make use of and two what > > happens when your cloud fails, is offline or your access method goes > > down? You will get no work down, not be able to work the toaster or > > have your state of the art green home run efficiently. People using > > image programs like Photoshop are going to have to have access to the > > fastest communication links possible as a lot of manipulations are > > very intensive.The cloud is like any other technology - a two edge sword. > > > > Roy > > > > > > > > In a message dated 8/4/2009 10:04:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > Storage and software from the "cloud"; processing power will be > > shared with other computers > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > ///// > ( O O ) > --------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > I plan to live forever. So far, so good......
