Comments on: Economist on the Semantic Web http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2008/04/09/economist-on-the-semantic-web/ EBB is the ebiquity research group\\\'s blog at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). We focus on technologies that facilitate the design, implementation and control of distributed, intelligent information systems -- mobile and pervasive computing, ad hoc networking, multiagent systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, and the semantic web. As the tides of technology ebb and flow, we hope the good ideas wash up on our beach and the bad ones drift back out to sea. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin McHugh http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2008/04/09/economist-on-the-semantic-web/comment-page-1/#comment-18896 Justin McHugh Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:04:34 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2008/04/09/economist-on-the-semantic-web/#comment-18896 I had a general question. I already know their would be security issues involved to some extent and also a stigma of possible lags, but regardless I was wondering what others thought about this idea I had. A large part of a computers or laptops size is due to the harddrive. Why don't they do some research into a unified database via the web or wireless depending on locations. Where instead of just buying the internet, you buy storage space depending on how much you use. Almost like leasing a storage unit to put your belongings in per month, etc. In that way it would eliminate the need for harddrives. The possible downfalls I know of already are: 1. Lag time from point A to B etc. 2. Security issues. I had a general question. I already know their would be security issues involved to some extent and also a stigma of possible lags, but regardless I was wondering what others thought about this idea I had. A large part of a computers or laptops size is due to the harddrive. Why don’t they do some research into a unified database via the web or wireless depending on locations. Where instead of just buying the internet, you buy storage space depending on how much you use. Almost like leasing a storage unit to put your belongings in per month, etc. In that way it would eliminate the need for harddrives.

The possible downfalls I know of already are:
1. Lag time from point A to B etc.
2. Security issues.

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