--On 08 October 2012 20:45 -0400 "Ronald C.F. Antony" <r...@cubiculum.com>
wrote:
You shouldn't need "Google drive" you should be able to access your own
drive no matter where on the globe you are.
I can and I do; but it's no surprise that a centralised facility can serve
my big files faster (I use Amazon S3 for that). I also help run discussion
boards on commercial servers (for performance) but free from advertising -
plenty of that goes on. It's still quite easy to avoid most of the seamier
aspects of the Internet, though I agree that centralised search services
are the most pervasive.
On FaceBook, I hate its interface, advertising, and intrusive apps, and I
really can't see that its design is truly aimed at any decently useful form
of communication. However, it is the best place for me to look for news of
the activities of my children and grandchildren - so I look there.
Similarly, I will keep an eye on this new group so as not to miss too much.
Frankly, I don't think the mailing list is a much better format for
discussion (in some ways worse), and that the best format is a discussion
board (forum or what have you) - but those set up for this community have
signally failed to catch on, so I suppose that not so many agree with me.
Perhaps it's an age thing (oh, wait, I'm as old as any of you...).
Paul
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Paul Hodges
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