On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 11:45:15 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 4:46:16 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > In article >,
> > dsi1yahoo.com says...
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 3:55:40 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > > > In article >,
> > > > dsi1yahoo.com says...
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 1:36:38 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > > > > > In article
> > > > > > >,
> > > > > > dsi10yahoo.com says...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 10:53:59 AM UTC-10, Cindy
> > > > > > > Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I've at least twice had to have my credit card re-issued due
> > > > > > > > to a
> > > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > > breach somewhere. These weren't even places that I shop
> > > > > > > > online.
> > > > > > > > The cloud is insecure. Really, it is.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Back in the old days, important files were backed up on
> > > > > > > > > tapes and stored in a remote location. This still holds true
> > > > > > > > > today except that the files are not put on tapes, placed in
> > > > > > > > > a vehicle, and driven away.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Yes, they are. That's exactly how my employer handles
> > > > > > > > backups. Ok, not
> > > > > > > > on tape, but to removable hard drives. Then they've moved
> > > > > > > > offsite.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > As far as your files that you want to control, it's going to
> > > > > > > > > end up in the same place as my father-in-law's backup tapes
> > > > > > > > > are - stored in our bedroom or some other dusty, forgotten,
> > > > > > > > > place. Eventually, it's going to the dump. Perhaps it'll be
> > > > > > > > > dug up a hundred years or more and archaeologists will try
> > > > > > > > > to read the data and business of people long dead.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Oh, I think I'll write a will instructing my executor to shred
> > > > > > > > my hard
> > > > > > > > drive (and my backups) once he's done with it. I have no
> > > > > > > > children or
> > > > > > > > siblings, and I've never even met my one and only first
> > > > > > > > cousin.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't want to get into a discussion about security issues in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > modern world.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But you will anyway. It's stronger than you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > My point was that young people see cloud computing
> > > > > > > differently than people that grew up with the advent of the age
> > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > computers. Old folks see computers as a big boxes, young folks
> > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > see
> > > > > > > it as virtual machines. The cloud is the computer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 15 years ago, people predicted that in a couple of years we
> > > > > > wouldn't
> > > > > > have software installed on our computers anymore. Need word
> > > > > > processing?
> > > > > > Grab a word processing application from the cloud. Need a
> > > > > > spreadsheet?
> > > > > > Grab a spreadsheet application from the cloud. Etc, etc. We're 15
> > > > > > years
> > > > > > later and look at us. Not even Notepad comes from the cloud.
> > > > >
> > > > > What you say is most curious. I must be responding to a 16 year old
> > > > > post. Yeah, that's the only reasonable explanation. Rest assured
> > > > > that in 2016 most people will not use desktop client programs and
> > > > > desktop computers. They will use small hand-held devices and
> > > > > programs called "apps" which connects to the internet to do that
> > > > > things that they need to do. I think you will like it when you
> > > > > finally catch up. The future - it's gonna blow your mind!
> > > >
> > > > You still download the app before you use it
> > >
> > > I'm responding to you using a Chrome browser window. I don't need to
> > > download no stinkin' app. It doesn't matter what computer I use. My son
> > > writes his school papers on the web. He don't need no stinkin' Word 20XX
> > > whatever desktop client program.
> >
> > You're blinded by Windows hatred. I wish you a speedy recovery
>
> When I think of 20 years or so of having to deal with Windows shenanigans,
> it ****es me off. No sir, I don't care for it at all. Of course, I'm not
> blinded by anything nor do I ever wish to recover from disliking the fat,
> bloated, unreliable, OS. The reality is that Windows will soon be dead and
> forgotten - just like it's users.
>
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> Oi!!!!
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Of course I mean that in the nicest way possible.