I haven't a clue as to what this is, even after reading about it here in the forum.
"The cloud" is an appellation for "computers on the internet" or the internet in general.
The idea of cloud computing is that the programs and data you used are stored on someone elses system (Logos computers) and you use the data through your internet connection.
Logos isn't a complete cloud solution, meaning that your information is all on your hard drive, but it is synchronized to the "cloud" so that if you use another computer and log in with your ID, your data will Sync down to the new computer also - thus all your notes and handouts, everything will be on both systems and will automatically be kept identical (in sync) - even when one of them is turned off.
it is synchronized to the "cloud" so that if you use another computer and log in with your ID, your data will Sync down to the new computer also - thus all your notes and handouts
Thomas, does this imply that you are glad that your handouts are synchronized?
Chris
[:D] Et tu Chris? LOL Of course not, but You gotta have the bad with the good .
A cloud is just high level fog. Since we're all in a fog here... [;)]
Seriously, it's a new geeky term that is either supposed to solve everything, or be the next worse thing to the mark of the beast (depending on who you talk to). L4 isn't fully a 'cloud' program, as Thomas says. But it does have some cloud-like abilities. Is this 'the cloud?' Depends on your definition of what 'the cloud' is. And as far as I can tell, any definition of 'the cloud' is as nebulous [clears throat], as those airborne configurations of condensed water vapor that float by on the wind.
Thanks, Thomas. That is what I thought they were saying, but I wanted to be sure.
Are you at all familiar with distributed computing? Or peer-to-peer file sharing? The networked computers share resources (namely storage space & processing power)
Logos 4 is not purely a cloud scenario as Thomas has pointed out. One famous example is the SETI project (Search for Extra-Terrestial Intelligence) where participants allow their computers to share access to hardware. Read the Wikipedia article: SETI. An example of sharing software resources is seeding a torrent in file sharing. This is a little bit closer to what Logos is doing: hosting resources on their servers while we access them. Questia library is another company that does this. They sell access by subscription to their immense academic library. Their website explains the concept. It has a lot of benefits and some potential problems. But overall, it is the wave of the future in software apps. Google is betting the store on it.
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