On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> > Hey young fella!
>>> >
>>> > Old people invented "the cloud" many years ago. Do you remember
>>> ARPANET? I
>>> > do. I used it. I used punch cards for Fortran programs that I fed into
>>> a
>>> > Burroughs mainframe that was the 3400 block of
> Hey young fella!
>
> Old people invented "the cloud" many years ago. Do you remember ARPANET? I
> do. I used it. I used punch cards for Fortran programs that I fed into a
> Burroughs mainframe that was the 3400 block of Market Street in Philly.
>
You mean good old Unicol. I spent quite a few
> "Cloud" changes its name every few years.
The new idea is not "cloud." I have drawing templates from 30 years ago
(pre-internet) for drawing clouds. The new idea is storing all your data in
the cloud. Previously we lacked enough bandwidth to do such a thing and
storage costs were too high.
W
Bandwith is still a huge issue for some of us..a friend a few miles away
however will have 60mbit down available early next year. DSL which is still
being fed to us from those idiot telcos still sits.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> On Oct 15, 2009, at 8:30 PM, b_s-wilk wr
At 03:14 PM 10/16/2009 -0400, you wrote:
I don't recall a Burroughs. My decks fed into an IBM 360/30 at that location
c. 1972. You?
_THAT'S_ a blast from the past! I remember my husband installing and
supporting IBM 360's! In fact, I remember us having to move once to
an IBM facility in R
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:57 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> Hey young fella!
>
> Old people invented "the cloud" many years ago. Do you remember ARPANET? I
> do. I used it. I used punch cards for Fortran programs that I fed into a
> Burroughs mainframe that was the 3400 block of Market Street in Philly.
On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:57 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> Old people invented "the cloud" many years ago. Do you remember ARPANET?
> I do. I used it. I used punch cards for Fortran programs that I fed into a
Burroughs
> mainframe that was the 3400 block of Market Street in Philly.
I don't recall a Burroughs
On Oct 15, 2009, at 8:30 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
> "Cloud" changes its name every few years.
The new idea is not "cloud." I have drawing templates from 30 years ago
(pre-internet) for drawing clouds. The new idea is storing all your data in
the cloud. Previously we lacked enough bandwidth to do such a
Hey young fella!
Old people invented "the cloud" many years ago. Do you remember ARPANET?
I do. I used it. I used punch cards for Fortran programs that I fed into
a Burroughs mainframe that was the 3400 block of Market Street in Philly.
My Mom retired in December at the age of 87 because she
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall <
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Continue to preach the word Betty some folks might even listen.
>
> The only good backups are ones where you know that they are and can get at
> them when needed.
>
> Any other type is asking for trouble
At 09:06 PM 10/15/2009, chad evans wyatt wrote:
>I agree with the Rev that Betty has it right, at least for my needs. Here is
>an exhaustive article that might be of some interest
>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html?scp=1&sq=magazine%20infrastructure%20issue&st=cse
Excell
l wrote:
From: Rev. Stewart Marshall
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Plain English, please...
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 8:40 PM
Continue to preach the word Betty some folks might even listen.
The only good backups are ones where you know that they are and can get
The smart way to go for sure.
On Oct 15, 2009 5:57 PM, "Fred Holmes" wrote:
At 07:45 PM 10/15/2009, Robert Carroll wrote: >When you're old (best outcome
that you can ever hope ...
I don't listen to young folk. I do as I please.
Fred Holmes
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At 07:45 PM 10/15/2009, Robert Carroll wrote:
>When you're old (best outcome that you can ever hope for), do you want some
>young stranger telling you that information should be withheld from you
>because you're too old to think straight?
I don't listen to young folk. I do as I please.
Fred Ho
At 07:14 PM 10/15/2009, mike wrote:
>I really wouldn't start telling these old folks about the cloud...
Hey, I resemble that remark!
Fred Holmes
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Continue to preach the word Betty some folks might even listen.
The only good backups are ones where you know that they are and can
get at them when needed.
Any other type is asking for trouble.
Stewart
At 07:30 PM 10/15/2009, you wrote:
Heh heh, FOGGY, heh heh, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Hah! The clo
At 05:25 PM 10/15/2009, Sue Cubic wrote:
>I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
It is wherever your data is when it isn't on your own equipment and you haven't
the foggiest idea where it really is.
Heh heh, FOGGY, heh heh, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Hah! The cloud! Foggy!
"Cloud" changes its name eve
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
> At 05:25 PM 10/15/2009, Sue Cubic wrote:
> >I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
>
> It is wherever your data is when it isn't on your own equipment and you
> haven't the foggiest idea where it really is.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clou
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Sue Cubic wrote:
> I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
>
> Does it refer to storage sites on some server somewhere?
>
> Or something more esoteric than that?
>
> Am I using it and don't know? The best thing I've found in a long time is
> X-Marks, considering I'
mike wrote:
I really wouldn't start telling these old folks about the cloud...
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
At 05:25 PM 10/15/2009, Sue Cubic wrote:
I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
Why not?
Old folks are simply old, not stupid. Some are stupid -
I really wouldn't start telling these old folks about the cloud...
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
> At 05:25 PM 10/15/2009, Sue Cubic wrote:
> >I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
>
> It is wherever your data is when it isn't on your own equipment and you
> haven't the fog
At 05:25 PM 10/15/2009, Sue Cubic wrote:
>I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
It is wherever your data is when it isn't on your own equipment and you haven't
the foggiest idea where it really is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
And after you have read the above, you will realize
so glad you asked that Q!
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Sue Cubic wrote:
> I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
>
> Does it refer to storage sites on some server somewhere?
>
> Or something more esoteric than that?
>
> Am I using it and don't know? The best thing I've found in a long time i
I want to know---what is "the cloud"?
Does it refer to storage sites on some server somewhere?
Or something more esoteric than that?
Am I using it and don't know? The best thing I've found in a long
time is X-Marks, considering I'm often using public computers. Is my
Earthlink webmail in "t
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