awake
03-30-2011, 08:39 PM
Most people are waiting and watching for a 'big event' that will be used as an excuse to socialize the internet under government "care". I personally don't think it will happen this way at all. In fact, I think it will be a steady step by step process in which most people will be agitated but accepting of the gradual control initiatives.
How the internet will be transformed to a public utility.
The dark clouds are forming. The goal is the centralizing of data, activity and all applications in "The Cloud" to be accessed at an hourly rate. Individual hard drives will be eliminated to make way for virtual drives on public servers at the full disposal of the authorities.
From Wikipedia:Colored comments by me.
Cloud computing can be compared to the supply of electricity and gas, or the provision of telephone, television and postal services (all heavily government regulated or outright controlled). All of these services are presented to the users in a simple way that is easy to understand without the users needing to know how the services are provided. This simplified view is called an abstraction. Similarly, cloud computing offers computer application developers and users an abstract view of services that simplifies and ignores much of the details and inner workings. A provider's offering of abstracted Internet services is often called "The Cloud".
The underlying concept of cloud computing dates back to the 1960s, when John McCarthy opined that "computation may someday be organized as a public utility." Almost all the modern-day characteristics of cloud computing (elastic provision, provided as a utility, online, illusion of infinite supply), the comparison to the electricity industry and the use of public, private, government and community forms, were thoroughly explored in Douglas Parkhill's 1966 book, The Challenge of the Computer Utility.
The Key Benefits.( or in other words conning the masses to not resist the beginnings)
Agility improves with users' ability to rapidly and inexpensively re-provision technological infrastructure resources.[24]
Application Programming Interface (API) accessibility to software that enables machines to interact with cloud software in the same way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers. Cloud computing systems typically use REST-based APIs.
Cost is claimed to be greatly reduced and in a public cloud delivery model (government tax funded) capital expenditure is converted to operational expenditure.[25] This ostensibly lowers barriers to entry, as infrastructure is typically provided by a third-party and does not need to be purchased for one-time or infrequent intensive computing tasks. Pricing on a utility computing basis is fine-grained with usage-based options and fewer IT skills are required for implementation (in-house).[26]
Device and location independence[27] enable users to access systems using a web browser regardless of their location or what device they are using (e.g., PC, mobile phone). As infrastructure is off-site (typically provided by a third-party) and accessed via the Internet, users can connect from anywhere.[26]( you will have a computer that simply has a browser... all computing and storage will exist on government servers)
Multi-tenancy enables sharing of resources and costs across a large pool of users thus allowing for:
Centralization of infrastructure in locations with lower costs (such as real estate, electricity, etc.)
Peak-load capacity increases (users need not engineer for highest possible load-levels)
Utilization and efficiency improvements for systems that are often only 10–20% utilized.[17]
Reliability is improved if multiple redundant sites are used, which makes well designed cloud computing suitable for business continuity and disaster recovery.[28] Nonetheless, many major cloud computing services have suffered outages, and IT and business managers can at times do little when they are affected.[29][30]
Scalability via dynamic ("on-demand") provisioning of resources on a fine-grained, self-service basis near real-time, without users having to engineer for peak loads. Performance is monitored, and consistent and loosely coupled architectures are constructed using web services as the system interface.[26]
Security could improve due to centralization of data,[31] increased security-focused resources, etc., but concerns can persist about loss of control over certain sensitive data, and the lack of security for stored kernels.[32] Security is often as good as or better than under traditional systems, in part because providers are able to devote resources to solving security issues that many customers cannot afford.[33] However, the complexity of security is greatly increased when data is distributed over a wider area or greater number of devices and in multi-tenant systems which are being shared by unrelated users. In addition, user access to security audit logs may be difficult or impossible. Private cloud installations are in part motivated by users' desire to retain control over the infrastructure and avoid losing control of information security. (Which is the goal of "The Cloud", to get all of your information and online activity stored centrally; easily accessible)
Maintenance of cloud computing applications is easier, because they do not need to be installed on each user's computer.(the removal of local storage: personal hard drives) They are easier to support and to improve, as the changes reach the clients instantly.
Metering means that cloud computing resources usage should be measurable and should be metered per client and application on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. (Storage on the central cloud will be optional at first and mandatory finally)
So you see, "The Cloud" is simply the means to centralize control over the internet and turn it into the public utility model of control. Once there, all data can be controlled, manipulated and or memory holed' for political purposes.
Don't get me wrong, they may fall flat on their faces, but this is one of the little noticed moves to centralize power over the internet.
How the internet will be transformed to a public utility.
The dark clouds are forming. The goal is the centralizing of data, activity and all applications in "The Cloud" to be accessed at an hourly rate. Individual hard drives will be eliminated to make way for virtual drives on public servers at the full disposal of the authorities.
From Wikipedia:Colored comments by me.
Cloud computing can be compared to the supply of electricity and gas, or the provision of telephone, television and postal services (all heavily government regulated or outright controlled). All of these services are presented to the users in a simple way that is easy to understand without the users needing to know how the services are provided. This simplified view is called an abstraction. Similarly, cloud computing offers computer application developers and users an abstract view of services that simplifies and ignores much of the details and inner workings. A provider's offering of abstracted Internet services is often called "The Cloud".
The underlying concept of cloud computing dates back to the 1960s, when John McCarthy opined that "computation may someday be organized as a public utility." Almost all the modern-day characteristics of cloud computing (elastic provision, provided as a utility, online, illusion of infinite supply), the comparison to the electricity industry and the use of public, private, government and community forms, were thoroughly explored in Douglas Parkhill's 1966 book, The Challenge of the Computer Utility.
The Key Benefits.( or in other words conning the masses to not resist the beginnings)
Agility improves with users' ability to rapidly and inexpensively re-provision technological infrastructure resources.[24]
Application Programming Interface (API) accessibility to software that enables machines to interact with cloud software in the same way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers. Cloud computing systems typically use REST-based APIs.
Cost is claimed to be greatly reduced and in a public cloud delivery model (government tax funded) capital expenditure is converted to operational expenditure.[25] This ostensibly lowers barriers to entry, as infrastructure is typically provided by a third-party and does not need to be purchased for one-time or infrequent intensive computing tasks. Pricing on a utility computing basis is fine-grained with usage-based options and fewer IT skills are required for implementation (in-house).[26]
Device and location independence[27] enable users to access systems using a web browser regardless of their location or what device they are using (e.g., PC, mobile phone). As infrastructure is off-site (typically provided by a third-party) and accessed via the Internet, users can connect from anywhere.[26]( you will have a computer that simply has a browser... all computing and storage will exist on government servers)
Multi-tenancy enables sharing of resources and costs across a large pool of users thus allowing for:
Centralization of infrastructure in locations with lower costs (such as real estate, electricity, etc.)
Peak-load capacity increases (users need not engineer for highest possible load-levels)
Utilization and efficiency improvements for systems that are often only 10–20% utilized.[17]
Reliability is improved if multiple redundant sites are used, which makes well designed cloud computing suitable for business continuity and disaster recovery.[28] Nonetheless, many major cloud computing services have suffered outages, and IT and business managers can at times do little when they are affected.[29][30]
Scalability via dynamic ("on-demand") provisioning of resources on a fine-grained, self-service basis near real-time, without users having to engineer for peak loads. Performance is monitored, and consistent and loosely coupled architectures are constructed using web services as the system interface.[26]
Security could improve due to centralization of data,[31] increased security-focused resources, etc., but concerns can persist about loss of control over certain sensitive data, and the lack of security for stored kernels.[32] Security is often as good as or better than under traditional systems, in part because providers are able to devote resources to solving security issues that many customers cannot afford.[33] However, the complexity of security is greatly increased when data is distributed over a wider area or greater number of devices and in multi-tenant systems which are being shared by unrelated users. In addition, user access to security audit logs may be difficult or impossible. Private cloud installations are in part motivated by users' desire to retain control over the infrastructure and avoid losing control of information security. (Which is the goal of "The Cloud", to get all of your information and online activity stored centrally; easily accessible)
Maintenance of cloud computing applications is easier, because they do not need to be installed on each user's computer.(the removal of local storage: personal hard drives) They are easier to support and to improve, as the changes reach the clients instantly.
Metering means that cloud computing resources usage should be measurable and should be metered per client and application on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. (Storage on the central cloud will be optional at first and mandatory finally)
So you see, "The Cloud" is simply the means to centralize control over the internet and turn it into the public utility model of control. Once there, all data can be controlled, manipulated and or memory holed' for political purposes.
Don't get me wrong, they may fall flat on their faces, but this is one of the little noticed moves to centralize power over the internet.