tag:,2010:/1/tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862- 2010-03-01T16:50:47Z Comments for Cartoon: Cloud Computing Movable Type 4.23-en tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862 2008-07-24T06:17:31Z 2008-07-24T06:38:02Z Cartoon: Cloud Computing There's a panicky voice inside me that wonders, whenever the power is knocked out for more than a minute or so, if this is it: the failure of the grid, the fall of civilization, the end of all things. And then the lights come back on, and it's all fine again. The weekend's six-hour Amazon... Rob Cottingham There's a panicky voice inside me that wonders, whenever the power is knocked out for more than a minute or so, if this is it: the failure of the grid, the fall of civilization, the end of all things. And then the lights come back on, and it's all fine again.

The weekend's six-hour Amazon S3 outage caught a lot of people by surprise, including more than a few blogs and web apps who rely on it. Sure, it was just a momentary glitch. But whenever something big and supposedly rock-solid has a hiccup, it chips away just a little of your confidence...

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]]> tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862-comment:61457 Comment from Sean D'Souza on 2008-07-23 Sean D'Souza http://www.psychotactics.com/blog Ooh, that must hurt. A lot of content sits up on those Amazon servers. And that must have caused one heck of a lot of chaos on quite a few websites.

Um, while you're talking about cartoons. Here's probably another cartoon that fits the situation--somewhat.

http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/chaos-time-why-our-planning-goes-nuts/

It's all about chaos :)

]]> 2008-07-24T06:31:37Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862-comment:61458 Comment from Mauro on 2008-07-23 Mauro Here's another webcomic for Geeks: http://www.geekycomic.net/

]]> 2008-07-24T06:58:02Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862-comment:61465 Comment from Zach Beauvais on 2008-07-24 Zach Beauvais http://friendfeed.com/zbeauvais Rob,
That's brilliant! I have been reading quite a lot in the cloud computing meme recently. The company I work for is SaaS Semantic Web (Talis.com), so it's pretty relevant too. I can't now shake the image of a velociraptor with an iPhone wondering when his appointment at the dentist was—picking his teeth with the bone of his 10:00!

I worry about your anxiety during power outages, though... ever thought of having some chamomile just before switching on the computer?

All the best,

]]> 2008-07-24T08:49:03Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862-comment:61568 Comment from Rob Cottingham on 2008-07-24 Rob Cottingham http://www.socialsignal.com/noise-to-signal Thanks for the comments. And thanks for the suggestion, Zach, but thanks to my years in politics, my body has developed a severe anxiety dependency. My doctor has warned me that chamomile, meditation or light jazz could cause a life-threatening level of relaxation and calm.

]]> 2008-07-24T22:48:09Z tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2008://1.6862-comment:61800 Comment from Zach Beauvais on 2008-07-28 Zach Beauvais http://friendfeed.com/zbeauvais ;)
Love it! I'll remember that the next time my wife asks if I really need that fourth coffee...

-Z

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