Cartoon: Cloud Computing
Written by Rob Cottingham / July 23, 2008 11:17 PM
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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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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 :)
Here's another webcomic for Geeks: http://www.geekycomic.net/
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 wasâpicking 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,
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.
;)
Love it! I'll remember that the next time my wife asks if I really need that fourth coffee...
-Z