I have this theory that there’s an ether of miscellaneous data surrounding us– like when your printer says “printing” and it isn’t. Or your email gets sent to nowhere in particular. The person who invents the technology to retrieve stuff from this ether will be wealthy beyond belief–by blackmail if nothing else.
rshive, I think you’re talking about the electronic equivalent of your luggage getting lost during a trip. If it’s an accidental entry into that ether, it may be easier to recover from than if it’s intentional.
rshive: we are surrounded by a continuous, unending cloud of data, ones and zeroes that have been bouncing around since the big bang itself. It’s called the cosmic background radiation, and it contains in its perfect randomness every piece of information that has ever existed or will ever exist. All you have to do is figure out which bits are the ones you wanted.
It’s the “somewhere” part that makes me nervous. After a 35-year career working with computers that I can put my hands on, this “virtualization” stuff is too new-fangled for me.
It makes me wonder where this strip actually resides. I ran a trace and it seems to be San Jose. Or IS it?
Charles Evans Premium Member over 13 years ago
Actually the problem isn’t rain, it’s hacking and sabotage.
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
If it rains, and the fertilizer is spread early, your data grows…
alviebird over 13 years ago
Better than 1’s and 2’s.
Yukoner over 13 years ago
One misplaced electron will result in the total destruction of civilization as they know it.
sutirtho over 13 years ago
ha.. sandbox will take care of that…the excess rain water ,, i mean..
rshive over 13 years ago
I have this theory that there’s an ether of miscellaneous data surrounding us– like when your printer says “printing” and it isn’t. Or your email gets sent to nowhere in particular. The person who invents the technology to retrieve stuff from this ether will be wealthy beyond belief–by blackmail if nothing else.
MisngNOLA over 13 years ago
rshive, I think you’re talking about the electronic equivalent of your luggage getting lost during a trip. If it’s an accidental entry into that ether, it may be easier to recover from than if it’s intentional.
ottomaeshun over 13 years ago
If it rains wouldn’t you catch it in the ethernet?
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
Uh oh data overload…I’m about to crash!
puddleglum1066 over 13 years ago
rshive: we are surrounded by a continuous, unending cloud of data, ones and zeroes that have been bouncing around since the big bang itself. It’s called the cosmic background radiation, and it contains in its perfect randomness every piece of information that has ever existed or will ever exist. All you have to do is figure out which bits are the ones you wanted.
Jonni over 13 years ago
0 I want 1 I can see clearly now
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
It’s the “somewhere” part that makes me nervous. After a 35-year career working with computers that I can put my hands on, this “virtualization” stuff is too new-fangled for me.
It makes me wonder where this strip actually resides. I ran a trace and it seems to be San Jose. Or IS it?
SaunaBeach over 13 years ago
All this Binary talk is killing me!