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Great, another prophet. Worst thing is, if you somehow are correct, you would not stop shoving it in people's faces how right you are. Cloud is not the future,

Great, another prophet. Worst thing is, if you somehow are correct, you would not stop shoving it in people's faces how right you are. Cloud is not the future, not with the current US internet infrastructure at least. Also why would someone pay 10 dollars a month for 50 GB of space in the cloud when you can buy 1 TB portable hard drives for dirt cheap?

wickedchicken 14y ago
> Also why would someone pay 10 dollars a month for 50 GB of space in the cloud when you can buy 1 TB portable hard drives for dirt cheap? housefires.
- unimpressive 14y ago
  If anything I'd be more worried about thieves stealing my data. (In the literal, 'break into my house and take it.' sort of way.) I know it's happened to at least one indie developer. And at least one youtube blogger that comes to mind. That having been said, local hard drives aren't going to die anytime soon. Uncle McCarthy has not yet had his day, at least not on that one.
  - cantankerous 14y ago
    You know, encryption and a decently strong password pretty much seals the deal on somebody physically stealing your data. There is no reason to not encrypt your home computer if you are so concerned.
    - unimpressive 14y ago
      >You know, encryption and a decently strong password pretty much seals the deal on somebody physically stealing your data. Maybe stealing it and using the data. If someone swipes my drive the data is still gone. Even if it is inaccessible.
      - lucian1900 14y ago
        Backups, offsite too.
        lmm 14y ago
        When you consider the time and effort required for a good offsite backup, it's easier to just pay the $10/month.
wavephorm 14y ago
I'm only a prophet if I'm correct. If I'm wrong I'm just some dude on the internet.
minikomi 14y ago
If a lot of what takes up hard disk space moves to on demand providers, 50GB may go a long way to satisfying most people.
ableal 14y ago
> Great, another prophet. Heh. "Pandora didn't get half the kicking around she deserved", as I think that R.A.Heinlein jokingly put it. (Not that I believe that GP is that prescient.)
- pjscott 14y ago
  It's Cassandra, actually, and she was pretty harmless. It's not like anybody believed her.

wickedchicken 14y ago

> Also why would someone pay 10 dollars a month for 50 GB of space in the cloud when you can buy 1 TB portable hard drives for dirt cheap? housefires.

unimpressive 14y ago
If anything I'd be more worried about thieves stealing my data. (In the literal, 'break into my house and take it.' sort of way.) I know it's happened to at least one indie developer. And at least one youtube blogger that comes to mind. That having been said, local hard drives aren't going to die anytime soon. Uncle McCarthy has not yet had his day, at least not on that one.
- cantankerous 14y ago
  You know, encryption and a decently strong password pretty much seals the deal on somebody physically stealing your data. There is no reason to not encrypt your home computer if you are so concerned.
  - unimpressive 14y ago
    >You know, encryption and a decently strong password pretty much seals the deal on somebody physically stealing your data. Maybe stealing it and using the data. If someone swipes my drive the data is still gone. Even if it is inaccessible.
    - lucian1900 14y ago
      Backups, offsite too.
      - lmm 14y ago
        When you consider the time and effort required for a good offsite backup, it's easier to just pay the $10/month.

wavephorm 14y ago

I'm only a prophet if I'm correct. If I'm wrong I'm just some dude on the internet.

minikomi 14y ago

If a lot of what takes up hard disk space moves to on demand providers, 50GB may go a long way to satisfying most people.

ableal 14y ago

> Great, another prophet. Heh. "Pandora didn't get half the kicking around she deserved", as I think that R.A.Heinlein jokingly put it. (Not that I believe that GP is that prescient.)

pjscott 14y ago
It's Cassandra, actually, and she was pretty harmless. It's not like anybody believed her.