Ah yes, That is what we always do wrong (as techies that is) Trying to solve a social / behavioural problem with a technical solution. Don't go there it wil fail (see DRM)
Raising an eyebrow on the 'domestic' part? There are lots of stories buzzing about how american 'security' agents are using the law to do industrial espionage. Such as copying laptop-HD's at airports.
Well. I am completely depend on my applications for my day-to-day work. When google doesn't run I cant't do a thing (which is bad).
I do not have to restore / backup often compared to that. If google is offline for a day I can't create a backup for that day. Acceptable risk. The chance that I need to restore && google is offline is, i Think, very, very low. and only in that case do I have to sit on my hands for a day.
That's the difference I guess.
Oh, and the fact that I can have my data encrypted...
Cheers H
It seems not so long ago there was a bit of a rumble about google online apps being offline and/or losing setting.
I for one are not so keen as to trust my carefully crafted personal settings to some mass company.
If my machine crashes, It is My machine, my responsibility. (to make backups and stuff ).
Now the backup, yeah that could be online... encrypted of course.
the network IS the backup, now that sound reasonable.
Gmail drive anyone?
Our company http://www.capitool.com/ is doing this. We've started the company 4 years ago to finance accounts receivables for companies as a marketplace.
To answer the question of bad debt: We calculate the risk on every receivable so the borrower knows exactly what he is getting into.
On one side accounts receivables go into our system, on the other side anonymized loans (with precise risk assesements) come out. Let the bidding commence...
Hugo
ps. maiden speech
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Ah yes,
That is what we always do wrong (as techies that is)
Trying to solve a social / behavioural problem with a technical solution.
Don't go there it wil fail (see DRM)
Raising an eyebrow on the 'domestic' part?
There are lots of stories buzzing about how american 'security' agents are using the law to do industrial espionage. Such as copying laptop-HD's at airports.
Well. I am completely depend on my applications for my day-to-day work. When google doesn't run I cant't do a thing (which is bad).
I do not have to restore / backup often compared to that. If google is offline for a day I can't create a backup for that day. Acceptable risk. The chance that I need to restore && google is offline is, i Think, very, very low. and only in that case do I have to sit on my hands for a day.
That's the difference I guess.
Oh, and the fact that I can have my data encrypted...
Cheers H
1) the fools die happy /.
2) The earth lives on without them happily talking away on
Perfect!
It seems not so long ago there was a bit of a rumble about google online apps being offline and /or losing setting.
I for one are not so keen as to trust my carefully crafted personal settings to some mass company.
If my machine crashes, It is My machine, my responsibility. (to make backups and stuff ).
Now the backup, yeah that could be online... encrypted of course.
the network IS the backup, now that sound reasonable.
Gmail drive anyone?
A flawed logic, no less! He must be in Pon farr!!
Let me be the first to ask: All well and good, but does it run linux?
To answer the question of bad debt: We calculate the risk on every receivable so the borrower knows exactly what he is getting into.
On one side accounts receivables go into our system, on the other side anonymized loans (with precise risk assesements) come out. Let the bidding commence...Hugo
ps. maiden speech