Technology is like Irish weather sometimes - but on a slightly longer time-scale. Just wait a while and the Irish weather is guaranteed to
change. Just wait a while longer and the original weather will come back again. Similarly, just wait a while and technology is sure to
change. Just wait a while longer and the original technology just might come right back at ya.
Pen-drives are big here too: hang about in a university and you see them used for moving Powerpoint presentations, officially, and MP3s and videos unofficially around the whole time. I bet high schools are the same...
by Anonymous (not verified) on 8/26/08 at 3:41 pm |reply
We were just talking about
We were just talking about this at coffee yesterday morning -- with the size of USB keys and the security issues that come from being attached to a network we were wondering if sneakernet would make a comeback.
by DanO (not verified) on 8/28/08 at 9:10 am |reply
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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Pen-drives are big here too:
Pen-drives are big here too: hang about in a university and you see them used for moving Powerpoint presentations, officially, and MP3s and videos unofficially around the whole time. I bet high schools are the same...We were just talking about
We were just talking about this at coffee yesterday morning -- with the size of USB keys and the security issues that come from being attached to a network we were wondering if sneakernet would make a comeback.