Rain and Cloud
Apr. 29th, 2012 07:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzy_daveDismal, cold and extremely wet. That was my verdict on yesterday's weather when I took a trip to Margate, and having a meal at Wimpy. I had plans to visit the Turner Art Gallery but decided that the visit can be put on hold till more clement weather arrives.
On my way back, in Canterbury, I popped into the Westgate Inn and had a couple pints of Old Growler (5.9 % ABV)..
I was reading an article about the Cloud in a computer magazine the other day , and in general, it is not as universal as it is cracked up to be globally.
I love the idea of the cloud, but I hate the reality of it. The reality of it is nothing like what’s been promised to us. Trusting the cloud is a mistake: it’s too centralized, too easily blocked, too easily controlled. And it’s privatized, owned, and administrated by someone other than you. It is ephemeral and not as permanent as something on your hard drive.
Don’t trust the cloud. Use it, enjoy it, exploit it, but don’t believe in it. Or even the web for that matter. Many people assume that the web —and its riches—will always be there waiting for you. It won’t. Don’t bookmark. Download. Hard drives are cheap. Fill them up with everything you think you might need to consult, watch, read, listen to, or cite in the future. Your local library should be more vast than anything up for offer on the web. Please understand that the web and its treasures are temporary and ephemeral; that Deleuze PDF that you bookmarked yesterday very well may not be there tomorrow.
On my way back, in Canterbury, I popped into the Westgate Inn and had a couple pints of Old Growler (5.9 % ABV)..
I was reading an article about the Cloud in a computer magazine the other day , and in general, it is not as universal as it is cracked up to be globally.
I love the idea of the cloud, but I hate the reality of it. The reality of it is nothing like what’s been promised to us. Trusting the cloud is a mistake: it’s too centralized, too easily blocked, too easily controlled. And it’s privatized, owned, and administrated by someone other than you. It is ephemeral and not as permanent as something on your hard drive.
Don’t trust the cloud. Use it, enjoy it, exploit it, but don’t believe in it. Or even the web for that matter. Many people assume that the web —and its riches—will always be there waiting for you. It won’t. Don’t bookmark. Download. Hard drives are cheap. Fill them up with everything you think you might need to consult, watch, read, listen to, or cite in the future. Your local library should be more vast than anything up for offer on the web. Please understand that the web and its treasures are temporary and ephemeral; that Deleuze PDF that you bookmarked yesterday very well may not be there tomorrow.
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