5 Jun
2012
5 Jun
'12
8:26 p.m.
On 06/05/2012 02:18 PM, Gene Buckle 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.
Of course. But some people put their personal finance data "in the
cloud" because they've been told it's a good idea, and they're stupid
enough to believe it. THAT was his complaint, and it's mine as well.
> 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.
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.
This is classiccmp. We can turn ANYTHING into a whinge-fest.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA