tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post82899753737979496..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: A new 'toilet' down which to pour yet more of our money?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-670586575487707832011-04-13T10:30:01.933-07:002011-04-13T10:30:01.933-07:00I'm a great fan of the "Flagfox" Add...I'm a great fan of the "Flagfox" Add On for Firefox, which shows where a particular site is actually hosted. It's amazing (and rather worrying) just how many are hosted in the US, and also how few in the UK. Several UK newspapers are hosted in EU countries, for instance....microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-27792597625938452042011-04-13T07:23:33.443-07:002011-04-13T07:23:33.443-07:00AKH & HC: Pleased to see such great minds in t...AKH & HC: Pleased to see such great minds in total accord!<br /><br />jic: That too.<br /><br />md: That too.<br /><br />IPJ: Thanks for confirmation of what I suspected.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-31932033639145511352011-04-13T07:13:29.449-07:002011-04-13T07:13:29.449-07:00I am of an IT bent, and I couldn't make sense ...I am of an IT bent, and I couldn't make sense of it either. Complete bollocks couched in jargon, management speak and techno-gobbledegook.<br /><br />On a similar note, last week a senior manager invited us all to a "deep dive session". I asked if he needed to see my open water certificate....some people have no sense of humour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-2032962105133417312011-04-13T03:20:14.564-07:002011-04-13T03:20:14.564-07:00Its simply the next iteration of 'Server Farms...Its simply the next iteration of 'Server Farms'.<br /><br />And as most of these 'cloud' offerings are located in the US, or run by US companies, then you have to consider the US Patriot Act.<br /><br />Under that Act any data held or processed by a US company is open to unfettered inspection, monitoring or censure by US govt agencies, without telling the owners that it has happened.<br /><br />You may think your data is safely stored away, but think again... all is open to US Govt and by default US business.IanPJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-90326409579365885822011-04-12T14:25:24.683-07:002011-04-12T14:25:24.683-07:00My understanding is that it's all about storin...My understanding is that it's all about storing your files and doing your processing online, rather than locally. <br /><br />Call me cynical, but they must be joking. Many bloggers have noticed how easily YouTube take down anything that might be considered "controversial", and Anthony Watts is being blacklisted by Farcebook, so the idea of entrusting my personal stuff to an anonymous server or servers "in the cloud" is not even worth thinking about.microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-37993751412799523482011-04-12T12:31:00.535-07:002011-04-12T12:31:00.535-07:00It's yet another way for 'entrepreneurs...It's yet another way for 'entrepreneurs' to create money out of thin air.john in cheshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179825507377423624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-13970988975321607922011-04-12T12:21:48.354-07:002011-04-12T12:21:48.354-07:00It's what we technical people occasionally and...It's what we technical people occasionally and with due regard to nuances and possible elasticity in the interpretive dynamics have called in a non-pejorative but heuristically descriptive mode of reference euphemistically but modally correct and platform-independent bollocks.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com