On 1/20/2012 4:01 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Jerry Feldman<[email protected]> wrote:
Theoretically, a cloud is a virtual storage device where the actual storage
media should be in several different locations fully mirrored.
I understand the value of backups, and I understand the value of
virtual computing, and parallel computing, and other things. Could
someone (and I apologize if this is OT to the thread) explain to me
what exactly the buzzword "cloud computing" means, exactly?
I'd like to see that explanation myself.
My BS detector flashes every time someone says it, but I have been wrong
once (okay, *maybe* twice) in the past.
That happened to me about two months ago. It was actually a relief,
knowing that I had finally made a mistake, and that I could stop
wondering when it would happen. BTW, my "BS detector" (which has an
analog indicator) has been stuck at the mechanical stop limit since the
start of the Reagan administration.
Is it just a way of saying that you have a distributed, parallel app whose
individual nodes can
come online (or go offline) dynamically without interrupting the
service? Is it strictly used to reference data storage - as in the
original email in this thread - or does it mean more than that?
I think it's a way of saying "I hired someone else to do it", with
specifics left to the imagination of whomever hears the statement. For
practical purposes, it's a way of saying "Don't hold me accountable for
any mistakes made in the future: I hired <company x> to take the blame
for them".
Bill
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