On 12/13/14, John Rose via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Archbold via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Whenever somebody says "cloud" all I think is "mainframe with graphics." >> >> Are there any other one time mainframe programmers this happens to? >> Younger people might think it is a novel idea, move everything to a data >> center. So what? >> > > Isn't the cloud going to solve all of our problems? We just upload all of > our software then the last thing to go is us. Then once our consciousness is > uploaded we can turn off the old simulation, Earth, then quantum tunnel away > into the fabric of the universe and experience the oneness of it all :) > > Seriously, the cloud has a single point of failure = the cloud :) But maybe > you could conduct experiments using the cloud, experiments that might need > thousands of computers for a short period of time. > > Look at Adobe Creative Cloud. Now they have millions of users and are going > to try to utilize all that networked human talent. > > I don't like the cloud that much I did work on mainframes at IBM in the late > 80's... and programmed Burroughs... but don't forget, the trend is your > friend. Some trends are mistakes but hey whaddya gonna do ah? Maybe > somethin' good'll come from it. > > John >
Internet shminternet? I guess the point I was trying to make was re: HYPE. At least half of what drives technology is hype. If it was mainframe-with-graphics-and-sensors then how could you recruit hipsters in with gigantic beards to work? Then it's on to "cognitive computing" What the f is that? If you call it AI, that's not quite hip and cool enough, although it's better than it used to be. No, cognitive computing conjures up images of a computer understanding. But "cognitive computing in the cloud" is enough to draw in hipsters with beards. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
