The advantages are real and proven; we just have to figure out the right implementation. We (as a collective society) have, over the long run, usually done a pretty good job with that.
I realize you said quite a bit there, and I am not trying to parse your words or misquote you through omission ... but: While the advantages are real and proven, the disadvantages and lack of understanding on the average users part of what Cloud computing will inevitably become will cause alot of bumps in that proverbial road to this enlightened cloud computing universe ...
In other words - once people realize the inherent nature in something like this type of venture their instincts kick in. The crack-pots, well, they crack-the-pots and won't join in. The privacy nuts will never put their files in a big ol' cloud ... the gov't haters will fear that if they save their rant/manifesto that the gov't will automatically receive copies of it ... the hippies, well - we all know why hippies won't join the cloud (too busy with their heads up in one) ...
Then comes the hassle of who "owns" it, who "bills" for it, and inevitably, who do I call to complain when I cannot "access" it.
I guess what I am saying is - keep dreaming your dream and I'll keep buying Lotto tickets ... we'll see whose dream comes true first.
-Roon
-Roonas.
*MySmiley*
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Why does Blizzard insist on making me sign onto their servers ... seriously. ? !
30/05/2012 12:22:14 AM
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It's to stop "pirates." And by "pirates," I mean, "people who play used games." *NM*
30/05/2012 04:31:22 AM
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Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ...
05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM
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Close... it's for control, for a variety of reasons. "piracy" and the used game market are the tip
07/06/2012 03:21:58 AM
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Fair enough. I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM*
07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM
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too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard)
30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM
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You know that entire studio shut down last week, right? No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM*
30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM
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*sob*
30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM
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He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ...
05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM
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why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well
05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM
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You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand.
05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM
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It's made me furious too
30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM
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criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM
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Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM
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I guess my thing is that no one makes you buy that car that requires my million dollar gas...
30/05/2012 07:03:02 PM
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Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ...
05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM
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You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won.
06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM
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Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you...
30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM
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The funny thing is...
30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM
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The difference I see is that Steam has an offline mode that (mostly) works. D3 has none. *NM*
30/05/2012 08:09:40 PM
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yah...I only recently got into Steam. and ONLY because I've been moving a lot
30/05/2012 09:01:31 PM
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It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
30/05/2012 09:26:46 PM
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The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed.
30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM
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Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM
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Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM
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Sorry for your troubles, but you're something of an outlier.
31/05/2012 07:31:53 PM
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Hmm ... that's scary ...
05/06/2012 09:21:42 AM
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are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway?
31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM
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I don't think I've ever used an analogy on the internet that people didn't complain about.
31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM
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lol, yah, I just couldn't help it for the sake of the continuity of internet stereotypes *NM*
31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM
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Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
31/05/2012 01:35:33 PM
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Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
31/05/2012 07:22:13 PM
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Stuff like D3's always-on DRM and phone home schemes in no way contribute to that future.
07/06/2012 03:26:08 AM
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