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A lot of people say this will completely revolutionalize (sp) the gaming industry.

Others say it will just be another console.

I've read quite a few opinions on the matter and tbh, that idea seems a bit like utopia to me.

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Once fiber to the home connections really start to proliferate, cloud computing services like these will REALLY take off. For the next couple years, though, it'll probably remain a fringe, neat-o, kind of thing.

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Once fiber to the home connections really start to proliferate' date=' cloud computing services like these will REALLY take off. For the next couple years, though, it'll probably remain a fringe, neat-o, kind of thing.[/quote']

While I'm impressed with the thought of cloud computing, I'm terrified as hell about it. I barely trust Google enough to use their services (ever notice how just about everything is still in "beta"?). Once people start putting things of private-tude on computers not located in a tangible, visible place infront of them... I see bad things (and good), happening.

While this is already happening well enough currently, with the more nefarious aspects of the web, I see a few potential problems for this kind of service-

Bandwith limits. Cloud computing, whether for gaming or regular home use, will eat up a lot of bandwith. If your paying 50 dollars a month to use X amount of transfer, when you start having to download programs and transfer data for everything you do each time you do it your limit will be reached quickly.

The computations it takes to run a filter in photo shop is crazy. I use GIMP, and a lot of the projects I work on are commonly between 25 to 80mb before I put them into a different file format (jpg, gif, png, etc).

Court Ordered hand overs of data. We all know the government has a horrible time keeping up with technology when laws are concerned. I don't blame anyone specifically for this (and don't want to turn this into a politics thread), but the basic fact is that with a wide swath of Judicial branch not understanding the new techs- and the legislative not knowing what they're talking about when they pass the laws- we run into a problem:

--When the courts order a company to hand over data, they will most likely be strong armed into handing over ALL data from all users in their storage networks... even if only one or two people are in question. I understand that if you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to fear... but I don't want someone going through my stuff to begin with.

However, technologies like this would be amazing in a lot of aspects if we can somehow dodge the snares of bandwidth limits. I currently have no cap, but Time Warner has been talking about putting them in place. Comcast has continually screwed with their customers, and Verizon Wireless has a history of jerking people around (if not nationally, locally). Contracts can be changed without consultation, and when you are informed it is by way of a 15 page report done in legal speak that most people have little chance of understanding without help or a good hour spent on it. And most people get their mail at the end of the day and don't care if Verizon, Time Warner, or Playboy sent them anything unless it was a bill or naked women in magazine form. The end result is the shredder.

Hopefully the transfer to digital TV will be completed with their promise of using the newly liberated frequencies for wireless internet. However, promises in any world where bureaucratic niceties are common are best to be looked at as "we promise it more or less, but more less than more."

In the end, I agree, this is a great idea for multimedia and can't wait to see it in action. But it leads me to one question... why the hell didn't they think of it sooner? Back when I was playing games like Giants: Citizen of Kabuto, Black and White, and X3 I would have killed for even shinier graphics (all were visually stunning at the time, remember, X3 still is.). Now my time is spent with CSS and XHTML, and I don't care how any company wants to try and spin it... PHP and HTML looks the same whether it's in HiDef or Monochrome terminal green. Somedays I really wish I would just go back into gaming like I once was, but I must have finished that cup of tea awhile ago. I'll stick to FL. But, thanks for the link, f0xx. I'll forward it to some friends.

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cloud computing exhists so that they can charge you per use of certrain processes , microsoft already has a patent on a "rent per use" computer that you never own, you just pay to use every application. Anything they can do to get in your pocket on a steady basis is preferable over 50 bucks here and there.

This is going to be like cable was, really awesome commercial free orgasm of media you want, and turn into a whoregasm of commercials and advertisements and limitations over time.

Cool concept, but capitalism always wins in the end.

the #1 thing the gaming market complains about is the "second hand market" a.k.a selling used games. Whats the best way to stop the sell of used game? Never let the customer own the product, make them rent it. Its just a business ploy guys.... i deal with **** like this every day... another way to make sure that you dont have any rights to sell something you own. If you like renting an apartment instead of owning a house, you'll love this.

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