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The Cloud Ate My Homework

Posted by timothy on from the low-hanging-clouds-are-fog dept.

theodp writes "Over at CNET, James Urquhart sings the praises of cloud computing, encouraging folks to 'really listen to what is being said, understand how the cloud is being used, and seriously evaluate how this disruptive model will change your projects, your organization, and even your career.' Fair enough. Over at the Google Docs Help Forum, some perplexed cloud computing users spent the month of November unsuccessfully trying to figure out why they've been zinged for inappropriate content. Among the items deemed inappropriate and unshareable include notes on Henry David Thoreau ('the published version of this item cannot be shared until a Google review finds that the content is appropriate'), homework assignments, high school yearbook plans, wishlists, documents containing botanical names for plants, a list of websites for an ecommerce class, and a list of companies that rent motorcycles in Canada. When it comes to support in the cloud, it kind of looks like you might get what you pay for."

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  1. Lesson learned by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone who thinks they can rely on online stored data, with no offline physical backup or physical access, is living on Cloud 9.

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  2. A tragic little story by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    My Dad has a Cloud that my sister and I used to store our homework assignments.

    One night, I was writing a paper on it, when all of a sudden it went berserk. The screen started flashing and the whole paper just disappeared. All of it.

    And it was a good paper!

    I had to cram and rewrite it really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed paper wasn't nearly as good and I blame that Cloud for the grade I got.

    And I am totally not stoned right now. Really. Dude.

    1. Re:A tragic little story by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

      You should tell your dad to keep his cumulo out of your nimbus.

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  3. Re:clouds can be private by jgtg32a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Back in my day we called that a server

  4. Wow! by jav1231 · · Score: 2, Funny

    With props to Homer Simpson:
    Google: The reason for and reason for not moving to cloud computing!

  5. Hey-Hey-You-You get off by ClosedSource · · Score: 2, Funny

    ah you know the rest.

  6. Re:clouds can be private by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And those secretaries were much sexier than any computer hardware.

  7. Re:clouds can be private by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    You did get to touch your secretaries though. Man, those were the days.

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  8. Re:clouds can be private by heritage727 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And those secretaries were much sexier than any computer hardware.

    Sexier than computer hardware? I don't think so. Ye Gods, man, think before you post such nonsense here.

  9. Re:clouds can be private by laejoh · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does that mean, changing the timestamp on your secretary? How do you do it? The manual isn't exactly clear on working with secretaries.

    I'm very confused.