tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post6150989825109921826..comments2023-11-03T06:32:14.034-07:00Comments on ClassicAndCozy: Of Cartoons, USBs and the CloudSofie Couchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702484708743477860noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-41787899240608935532015-08-05T13:45:12.390-07:002015-08-05T13:45:12.390-07:00I don't like the idea of cloud storage. It'...I don't like the idea of cloud storage. It's not being held in some outer space place, it's on another big computer someplace! Computers can be hacked! They warn us not to access our bank info in public places that use WIFI but people do it all the time on their phones.<br /><br />I prefer to sit at my big desktop computer. And I, too, love USB drives. BTW, they do have a finite number of times they can be used but no one seems to know what that number is! So back them up!E. Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434761738048963826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-79186024016017765582015-08-05T13:19:37.065-07:002015-08-05T13:19:37.065-07:00Hi Susan--
I also love the new variety of flash dr...Hi Susan--<br />I also love the new variety of flash drives. My favorites are purple flowery ones. But you bring up a very serious point about us all being steered in the direction of cloud storage. I, too, am skeptical.<br />Victoria--Victoria M. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734245351838987045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-27874087074520727642015-08-05T08:30:57.154-07:002015-08-05T08:30:57.154-07:00What a fun post. Love your little zoo of drives to...What a fun post. Love your little zoo of drives to carry your work from place to place. Also share your distrust of the cloud.Sandy Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-69866818779066874192015-08-05T07:18:30.533-07:002015-08-05T07:18:30.533-07:00I think so, Jacqueline - you see, I'm like Kat...I think so, Jacqueline - you see, I'm like Kathye above - a total techno-naif. I've heard them called USB drives and thumb drives. They're little - about the size of a thumb or smaller, and plug into a USB port, then show up on your menu as another drive. I get them at either Staples or Office Depot or places like that. <br /><br />Cheryl, I use mine mainly for transport from one machine to another. For backup I use Carbonite - $60 a year and my entire computer is backed up five or six times a day. It's the best insurance I've ever had, and when I had to change computers putting all (and I mean ALL) my files onto the new one was easy-peasy. Also great customer service. And they're not in the cloud - they have their own servers.<br /><br />Kathye, I don't look forward to using a typewriter again and probably won't beyond the occasional label or such, but it's nice to know it's there if necessary!<br /><br />Susan, aka JanisSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-62499218052380344852015-08-05T07:03:29.673-07:002015-08-05T07:03:29.673-07:00Are these the same as flash drives?? Sorry for the...Are these the same as flash drives?? Sorry for the question but I'm tech challenged.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-18289190210020906282015-08-05T06:21:19.383-07:002015-08-05T06:21:19.383-07:00Susan, I love the idea of your collection of USB d...Susan, I love the idea of your collection of USB drives. I've been backing up to a boring old rectangular one for years but now I see what I've been missing. I feel another collection coming on! Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318669399845377640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079931541460049406.post-76019642766283540542015-08-05T05:52:54.416-07:002015-08-05T05:52:54.416-07:00I am so not a techno person. My knowledge of tech...I am so not a techno person. My knowledge of tech is "off" and "on" and the occasional blood-curdling scream when I delete something I need.<br /><br />While I am grateful I don't use a typewriter any longer because of all the typos I need to correct, I don't dive much into the cloud and abstract ideas like that. <br /><br />I just cannot image what is in store for us in the future. Kathye Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952763179663503451noreply@blogger.com