Google Wave

2009-11-01 Thread Doug Pensinger
So??? I tried signing up via their website but haven't heard anything. What's the scoop? Doug ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-25 Thread Deborah Harrell
On Mon, 10/19/09, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com wrote: Never underestimate the power of human error. As this debacle demonstrates. (me, IIRC) Which particular debacle would that be? I was referring to the Sidekick debacle:

RE: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-19 Thread Jo Anne
Julia wrote: (Jo Anne -- a RAID is a Redundant Array of Independent Disks, where the data is stored on multiple disks and checked for accuracy on some regular basis. If one drive goes down, either the data should be duplicated somewhere, or there should be enough information stored on another

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change:   Fear   Uncertainty   Doubt Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other than talking... Debbi I Am NOT A Fuddy-Duddy!!!

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com massive snip Never underestimate the power of human error. As this debacle demonstrates. Which particular debacle would that be? We gotcher health care, Afghanistan, Eyerak, and balloon boys... Take yer pik! Debbi Whaddya Expect From A Family

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Matt Grimaldi
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change: Fear Uncertainty Doubt From: Deborah Harrell harrellmed...@yahoo.com ]Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-19 Thread John Williams
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Deborah Harrell harrellmed...@yahoo.com wrote: From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com massive snip Never underestimate the power of human error. As this debacle demonstrates. Which particular debacle would that be? I was referring to the Sidekick

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-18 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Oct 18, 2009, at 12:25 AM, Max Battcher wrote: On 10/18/2009 0:38, John Williams wrote: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Julia Thompsonf...@zurg.net wrote: Er. In that sort of a situation, I myself would set up a RAID for storing the data, *much* less chance for losing it. RAID

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-18 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Bruce Bostwick lihan161...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Oct 18, 2009, at 12:25 AM, Max Battcher wrote: On 10/18/2009 0:38, John Williams wrote: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Julia Thompsonf...@zurg.net  wrote: Er.  In that sort of a situation, I myself would

Google Wave

2009-10-17 Thread Wayne Eddy
Hi all, Nick Lance have both turned up in my Wave contacts list, so I guess that means they both got their invitations OK. Can't see Dave there yet though. I have started a discussion here added Nick Lance to it. https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252B06VwwaASC I

RE: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Er. In that sort of a situation, I myself would set up a RAID for storing the data, *much* less chance for losing it. I'd just do that anyway. In fact, the computer that's still in a box and is destined to replace the one I'm using right now has a RAID, because I seem to have a knack for

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-17 Thread John Williams
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Julia Thompson f...@zurg.net wrote: Er.  In that sort of a situation, I myself would set up a RAID for storing the data, *much* less chance for losing it. RAID does not protect from rm -rf / , which (some variant of) is my guess at what happened. Although now

Re: Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-17 Thread Max Battcher
On 10/18/2009 0:38, John Williams wrote: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Julia Thompsonf...@zurg.net wrote: Er. In that sort of a situation, I myself would set up a RAID for storing the data, *much* less chance for losing it. RAID does not protect from rm -rf / , which (some variant of) is

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-16 Thread Jo Anne
Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I have one more question. What's FUD? Is it printable? Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-16 Thread Matt Grimaldi
FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change: Fear Uncertainty Doubt -- Matt - Original Message From: Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 12:45:22 PM Subject: Re: Google Wave Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread sendai
On 15/10/2009, at 8:11 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread sendai
received the invite, they can use it with any e-mail address they wish. And yes, they do take a few days to process. Regards, Wayne. - Original Message - From: Nick Arnett To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Jo Anne
OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please. Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___ http://mccmedia.com

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
Jo Anne wrote: OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please. It depends on who you ask and how much hype they've ingested, digested, and are prepared

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Jo Anne wrote: OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please. It depends on who you ask and how much

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
related to the same question of how valid the underlying assumptions are, as well as the overall reliability of the servers the storage lives on. In terms of specific to Google Wave: for now early adopters should trust Google's storage policies (and considering the vast number of people with Gmail

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Bruce Bostwick
argument), but my misgivings about it are generally related to the same question of how valid the underlying assumptions are, as well as the overall reliability of the servers the storage lives on. In terms of specific to Google Wave: for now early adopters should trust Google's storage

Cloud Computing Smears (Was: Google Wave)

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
Bruce Bostwick wrote: Part of my concern with the concept in general is the fairly glaring admin/management deficiency described in this article: http://dailyqi.com/?p=10576 I've been avoiding most articles on this subject because there is a lot of FUD out there and very little real truth.

Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Regards, Wayne Eddy ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Can you invite others to the beta

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Lance A. Brown
Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 6:07 PM: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Regards, Wayne Eddy I'd love to get an invite

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: No Problem, Nick. I will send you an invite - I think it might take a few days to process though. I assume you want to use this address nick.arn...@gmail.com ? That's the one. Thanks! Nick

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Land
Message - From: Nick Arnett To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
, Wayne. P.S. Google says: Google Wave is more fun when you have others to wave with, so please nominate people you would like to add. Keep in mind that this is a preview so it could be a bit rocky at times. Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick. Happy waving

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Lance A. Brown
Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 11:28 PM: Hi Lance, have you got a gmail address you want to use? I have sent Nick Dave invites, and I am happy to you one too, but I want to invite a few others from elsewhere so three invites for the Brin List will have to do for now.

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
Looks cool, count me in please. Use brig...@zo.com Thanks, Doug On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining