5 Jun
2012
5 Jun
'12
6:18 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Mouse wrote:
It's a fun gadget for a 30 year old computer. Get over yourselves.
I'll be the first to say that if you don't physically control the hardware
your data is stored on, you don't control your data. However, whining
about storing disk images for your Commodore 64 on a remote site is just
f*cking stupid.
I mentioned the device because I figured some folks would get a kick out
of it, not to start a whinge-fest about cloud services.
g.
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>
Interesting, but it requires:
> b) That you store all your images on their web site.
> Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon, but I do not
like the current trend
> towards putting my own data on third-party remote sites.
*applause*
THANK GOD...someone else who Gets It!
You're not alone, you two...though it sure can feel like it sometimes,
I know.