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I’m aware of your sarcasm but will reply at face value: 1) If your business depends on Internet access you shouldn’t pay for a residential plan. You need an SL
by deno 8y ago
I’m aware of your sarcasm but will reply at face value:
1) If your business depends on Internet access you shouldn’t pay for a residential plan. You need an SLA.
2) Natural disasters happen. Not having emergency drinking water is very naïve.
3) If your business depends on electricity you should also get business rate with SLA and maybe have a backup generator or two. Heck, I have a UPS just to not lose the 15 minutes of work that’s not automatically backed up.
4) Yes, get a weapon (preferably a gun) and at least know enough first-aid to be able to stop a bleeding. Keep an aspirin on hand in case of a heart attack. Know your emergency exits and evacuation plan. Make sure you have the mindset to leave all your possessions behind in a burning inferno.
All of the above used to be common sense before technology made us think we are immortal and entertainment distracted us from real world.
- pvg 8y agoI'm not sure that's a reply to something I said. The poster thinks a crappy thing happening to someone is good for the web because, I dunno, it's some sort of teachable moment. That's pretty silly, to put it politely. I'm not wishing you an earthquake so that you'll learn basic disaster preparedness. And if you did, fates forbid, end up in an earthquake and were short on water, I don't think I or any sane person is going to be happy about it.
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- deno 8y agoWhat if it’s a little earthquake? It will make you think twice about building your home on a bad foundation. I think the issue here, other than earthquakes being potentially very deadly, which makes this comparison a little absurd, is that they are in a sense unavoidable. On the other hand you can avoid using SaaS. For example, there’s enough market demand for Github to provide on-premises secure hosting. Clearly then, if SaaS as a whole is seen as fundamentally unreliable it will create more market demand for similar on-premises, or open source, or otherwise “buy not rent” model services, which I see as the motivation for OP’s comment.
- pvg 8y agoI mean, we can stretch these analogies like pieces of tasteless gum all day. I don't think being happy at the misfortune of others is a particularly constrictive attitude nor do I think Twitter buying and then apparently shutting down some service with 20 minutes notice is good for the web, teaches anyone anything or is in any way a desirable outcome. I don't understand how any reasonable person would.
- Endy 8y agoI wouldn't be happy about any loss of life, you're right. However, has the Smyte situation led to anyone coming to physical harm or put in mortal danger? If it has, I'm sorry, I didn't see anything about that. What I've seen was a select group of companies and their users who've been inconvenienced by the abrupt shutdown of a service; and whose unpleasant experience should be used to teach every user - this can happen to you. I would not be at all happy if, say, the servers for medical tracking software used in hospitals around the world went down the same way; or if suddenly air traffic control software that every airport uses goes offline. This particular situation doesn't cause potential physical harm to a human being. It's not actually an emergency situation. That, to me, is a major difference.
- tptacek 8y agoI don't think I or any sane person is going to be happy about it. You don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, do you?