actually, it's a cascade and if enough of it is brought down, the rest can fall.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike's Western Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:09 PM Subject: Re: what do you think? the internet is quite broad, yeah parts of your information might go down for a little bit, but the likelyhood of the entire internet going down is nill to none On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:48 PM, James Austin wrote: > Thanks for the clarification Chris, > > But surely all of this assumes that the internet is forever and is > constant. What if, one day, the whole WWW was suddenly to disappear, > clients like these would be obsolete immediately. At least until the > internet could be brought back up. > > Just my thoughts > > With warmest wishes > > James > > > On 24 Jul 2008, at 22:29, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> Not sure if this is what he is referring to: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing >> >> but the general idea is to have thinner clients with less storage >> and instead beef up the communications so we can keep all our stuff >> "on the internet" somewhere. Sort of what mobileMe is starting to >> do. It eliminates the need to sync different devices, backup files >> or having collections of bits in different piles. The idea has been >> around for a while but the internet infrastructure was initially >> too slow to be usable and then it wasn't wireless. We're right on >> the edge of a new thing with fast wireless. Do I really care if my >> files are not on my device as long as I can get to them anytime >> from anywhere? This is what's pushing new devices like the cherry >> pal. >> >> http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/07/22/1735222.shtml >> >> Extending that you could have a dumb box with no OS or apps or >> documents and store all that in the cloud. The box would have just >> enough software to get its network up and download everything. No >> more getting updates and installing them since it would always have >> the latest version when it downloads the bootup code. Novell used >> to do something like this back in the day with diskless PCs and >> special network cards. >> >> CB >> >> UCLA Bruins Fan wrote: >>> Who exactly is this Scott guy anyways? Why should we be concerned >>> about his speculations? >>> Just curious; he just seems like a blogger to me. What is all >>> this cloud business he's talking about? >>> Olivia >>> >>> On Jul 24, 2008, at 7:18 AM, James Austin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> How do I leave a comment on this article? Sorry for asking what >>>> is probably a really obvious question, but I have not yet found >>>> where this is. Although I have read the comments that were make >>>> by some on this list. >>>> >>>> Is there any way we could get in touch with Apple directly to >>>> pass along our concerns. I mean it is very likely that Apple have >>>> people who search for Apple related publicity and such on the >>>> web, but it is also just as likely that they miss a lot as the >>>> internet is such as vast place. >>>> >>>> Just my thoughts >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> With warmest wishes >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> >>>> MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> Skype - saulky1984 >>>> >>>> On 24 Jul 2008, at 05:11, Janet and Felix * wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I read your comments. Very well spoken. Scott didn't have much >>>>> of a comment back though. I thought he was just patronizing. >>>>> But the seed is planted. The idea was put out there. >>>>> >>>>> Janet >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------- >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: what do you think? >>>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:58:05 -0700 >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>>> I sure hope it doesn't go backwards. Apple is just getting good! >>>>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Mike's Western Account wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> i did as well. and this does have something to do with vo, >>>>>>> what do >>>>>>> you all think will happen with vo? >>>>>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 5:31 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I made a reply over there stating that I'd found the post >>>>>>>> here and >>>>>>>> expressing my concerns. This is definitely something that we >>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>> need >>>>>>>> to watch very closely. It doesn't sound good at all, and I, >>>>>>>> for one, >>>>>>>> would hate to see Apple go backward, especially considering >>>>>>>> how far >>>>>>>> they've come with relation to accessibility. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 7/23/08, Mike's Western Account wrote: >>>>>>>>> so this makes someone wonder what will happen to vo, If this >>>>>>>>> is the >>>>>>>>> direction that apple goes It makes you think for sure that >>>>>>>>> if this >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> where it goes and apple does choose to keep voiceover >>>>>>>>> included, then >>>>>>>>> there would be access to the iphone. Anyways just >>>>>>>>> speckulation, but >>>>>>>>> check it out: >>>>>>>>> http://weblogs.redeyechicago.com/iphoneblog/2008/07/its-the-cloud-s.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>> Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. >>>>> http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_family_safety_072008 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
