Comments on: NYT Kicks Off Cloud Paranoia Series http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/21/nyt-kicks-off-cloud-paranoia-editorial-series/ Computer Science meets Social Science Thu, 24 May 2012 21:39:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christofer Hoff http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/21/nyt-kicks-off-cloud-paranoia-editorial-series/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Christofer Hoff Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:40:01 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/?p=6700#comment-496 Amen. (and what Furrier said) ;) Amen. (and what Furrier said) ;)

]]> By: Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/21/nyt-kicks-off-cloud-paranoia-editorial-series/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:12:20 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/?p=6700#comment-487 Know your audience, I suppose. :-/<br>--<br>/mark "rizzn" hopkins - <a href="http://rizzn.com" rel="nofollow">rizzn.com</a><br>editor @ <a href="http://siliconANGLE.com" rel="nofollow">siliconANGLE.com</a><br>big kahuna @ <a href="http://rizzn.com" rel="nofollow">rizzn.com</a><br>twitter.com/rizzn - 903-253-0143<br>--<br>Me: <a href="http://rizzn.com" rel="nofollow">http://rizzn.com</a><br>Computer Science Meets Social Science: <a href="http://siliconANGLE.com" rel="nofollow">http://siliconANGLE.com</a><br>--<br>"In God We Trust." Know your audience, I suppose. :-/
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]]> By: wattersj http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/21/nyt-kicks-off-cloud-paranoia-editorial-series/comment-page-1/#comment-486 wattersj Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:59:31 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/?p=6700#comment-486 What's interesting to me is that his News week piece on Chrome earlier in the month before twittergate/Amazon 1984 was much less paranoid:<br><br><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/205987" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/id/205987</a><br><br>If you look at the rhetorical change of tone between the two I think you can see the NYT editorial team trying to play into the current paranoia--and this time I think they stepped in it by going all the way towards innovation paranoia. What's interesting to me is that his News week piece on Chrome earlier in the month before twittergate/Amazon 1984 was much less paranoid:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/205987

If you look at the rhetorical change of tone between the two I think you can see the NYT editorial team trying to play into the current paranoia–and this time I think they stepped in it by going all the way towards innovation paranoia.

]]> By: John Furrier http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/21/nyt-kicks-off-cloud-paranoia-editorial-series/comment-page-1/#comment-483 John Furrier Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:36:03 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/?p=6700#comment-483 Jonathan Zittrain is all wet on this one. Great discussion here James. His entire argument is like saying that in 1984 the PC and MAC would pose innovation problems in that storing stuff on your PC would be problematic towards personal security. Well we know how that movie played out - one of the most explosive growth times in both applications, productivity, and social advancement. Jonathan Zittrain is all wet on this one. Great discussion here James. His entire argument is like saying that in 1984 the PC and MAC would pose innovation problems in that storing stuff on your PC would be problematic towards personal security. Well we know how that movie played out – one of the most explosive growth times in both applications, productivity, and social advancement.

]]> By: Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/07/21/nyt-kicks-off-cloud-paranoia-editorial-series/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:24:35 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/ver2/?p=6700#comment-481 See, my killer instincts must be dulling - when I sense that an editorialist has made such an obvious error in conflating cloud computing with w2.0 apps, I used to salivate at the chance to eviscerate.<br><br>Good catch. :-) See, my killer instincts must be dulling – when I sense that an editorialist has made such an obvious error in conflating cloud computing with w2.0 apps, I used to salivate at the chance to eviscerate.

Good catch. :-)

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