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Old 07-14-2015, 05:10 PM   #1
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I've talked to people who don't understand putting stuff on the cloud just means instead of having on your computer, you're putting on someone else's computer.
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Old 07-14-2015, 05:31 PM   #2
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I've talked to people who don't understand putting stuff on the cloud just means instead of having on your computer, you're putting on someone else's computer.
A friend of mine is studying database engineering, and complained everyone thought it sounded boring, so I told her to say she's studying cloud engineering instead... Now her mother thinks shes sending her daughter to the comp-sci department of Hogwarts.
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Old 07-14-2015, 06:02 PM   #3
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I've talked to people who don't understand putting stuff on the cloud just means instead of having on your computer, you're putting on someone else's computer.
That's a good "Devil's Dictionary" definition:

The Cloud, n. Someone else's computer.
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Old 07-14-2015, 06:19 PM   #4
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That's a good "Devil's Dictionary" definition:

The Cloud, n. Someone else's computer.
Yea I kind of like that one.

Also: Keeping the the Bierce's DD updated... Why is nobody on that?
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