Cloud Data Storage Is Effected By The Weather Apparently  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 09:18:14 am
content: Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather LULZt has been discovered that the majority of the surveyed Americans are quite confused about the notion of Cloud, when it relates to Cloud Storage/Computing. The most interesting fact is that 51% of the surveyed persons thought that stormy weather interferes with cloud computing.http://techpp.com/2012/08/29/stormy-weather-interferes-with-cloud-computing-us-survey-reveals/

author: baljemmett
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 09:42:03 am
content: Quote from: Sionyn on August 30, 2012, 09:18:14 amFor added fun, they're not even completely wrong; fromone of several reports about a recent Amazon EC2 outage:Quote... now of course aproperly configuredcloud-hosted system would be resilient against such things, so it's really Amazon's customers' fault for not electing to host across more geographically diverse parts of the cloud, but a) one might naively presume that would be a given with a commercial cloud service like EC2, and b) nobody ever got rich doing things right...

author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 10:09:48 am
content: It occurs to me that cloud computing probably isnt working very well for folks in New Orleans at the moment...

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 10:21:06 am
content: "cloud" is more like a buzzword for client-server computing, something which has existed since the early days of mainframes and the Internet.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 11:39:36 am
content: We are of course talking about americansno offence intended

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 12:14:27 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on August 30, 2012, 10:21:06 amQuote from: Simon on August 30, 2012, 11:39:36 amAt least one American understands this. (me)Sadly, that is the "American Way." Marketing "invents" a new product by re-naming something and no one realizes it.When Ford replaced the Taurus with the 500, the 500 didn't sell very well. They re-named it "the New Taurus" and it started to sell like hotcakes. The same car.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 03:14:33 pm
content: Sadly pretty much everywhere in the world it is.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2012, 12:17:10 am
content: This is why I hate this sort of buzz-words

author: kjpye
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2012, 12:57:57 am
content: I'm sorry, the pedant in me just can't resist...It seems ironic that in a thread about people believing that weather affects cloud data storage, the title is "Cloud data storage is effected by the weather".While there are mechanisms by which cloud data storage might be affected by the weather (poor weatherproofing of cables etc.) I'm at a loss to see how the cloud might be effected by the weather. Might be a lot cheaper than building data centres though!

author: northlondonsage
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2012, 11:07:44 pm
content: QuoteNew Labour, anyone?

author: krish2487
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 03:30:44 am
content: My 2 cents...:-Dand this guy was our IT minister last year!!!!!!!!The balls he had to make this kinda BS on air!

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 05:49:39 am
content: what the ? which country would this be ?

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 05:58:16 am
content: Quote from: krish2487 on September 05, 2012, 03:30:44 amOMFG! I feel so bad for you guys.

author: notsob
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 07:42:13 am
content: In regards to the marketing comments above, I'm not naming any particular countries, however I have noticed the differing approaches to products over the years.Some listen to customer feedback and make changes to improve the product, others spend their money on glossy repackaging and advertising campaigns. Long live the marketeer - NOT.

author: krish2487
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 10:03:12 am
content: @david_AVD and @simonIndia..SoB was close to browbeating the anchor on the program with loads of BS.Thankfully the poloticians dont actually do the work. I d rather look at the glass half full and say, they are better off deciding the course of the country rather than actively running it!

author: Short Circuit
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 10:34:10 am
content: Quote from: krish2487 on September 05, 2012, 03:30:44 amHe need not fear this American Board of directors machine being used after his meetings,the machine would get clogged and breakdown being exposed to excessive bullshit surely

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 05, 2012, 11:34:52 am
content: Quote from: krish2487 on September 05, 2012, 10:03:12 amoh what a surprise, he should join forces with chinese manufacturing and bring some of his ideas to market