The "Cloud"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/04/cloud.computing.hunt/index.html

This was an interesting article and video about that nebulous cloud where all of our data is stored. I did not know it, but one of the reasons why so few of us know specifics about this "cloud", is because the companies like Google and Microsoft, that store our data online, keeps it a secret. The reporter who wrote this CNN article was decline access to most of these data storage facilities (which apparently can be warehouses of computers larger than football fields). Talk about a cloud, I can only imagine how much exhaust is pumped into the atmosphere in cooling these thousands of data storage computers!

As I write this blog post, I wonder, where is this entry being saved? These words are not being saved on my flash drive, my computer, or my own network. There up in the cloud...or rather, in a few dozen warehouses spread secretly around the nation or globe. And also, who owns these words? Are they still mine, or the property of blogger? The answer is as clear as the thick clouds above us.