Hopefully the exit is different from the entrance, in that a lift would be really handy when accessing the cloud…
But hang on, let’s imagine if that were possible… The fastest elevator currently is Taipai 101 in Taiwan. It travels at a speed of 59 km/hr (37 mph). If we assume our average white fluffy cloud to be at a height of 4km (2.4 miles), then this elevator would take us 4 min and 6 sec to reach our destination. Pretty impressive when you consider that the first ever elevator installed by the Otis elevator company in 1857 in New York travelled at a modest 20cm per second (40ft per min). That would definitely require a packed lunch for our Otis elevator trip, with a duration 5 hrs and 33 minutes.
But you know what? I think I’d take the old tech option and enjoy the journey.
Which elevator would you take and why?
When the cloud terminology initially made its presence known, I must admit I was a bit confused. I mean, clouds are up in the sky; so what’s with gravity constrained servers hanging up there too? But as time has past, I’m now clearer than ever before. In fact, I put this little cloud pictogram together to help those of you still in the dark.
What do you think?
My experience to date with Cloud technology has been mixed. On the annoying side, I used it initially to transfer cartoons from one iPad to another, only to have the cartoon mysteriously disappear from one iPad (supposedly into the Cloud) never to be seen again. It got stuck up there with no way of retrieving it. Well, maybe there was a way, but I gave up and got on with life and drew a couple of Cloud related cartoons to seek my vengeance. (Evil, aren’t I?)
My next experience was confusing at first. My partner was overseas for work. While he was gone I noticed all these strange photos appear in my iPad photo stream (from his iPhone). Luckily for him they were all clean photos of restaurant banquets and people generally having a great time out. No wonder I had no sympathy on his return from a long, tiring, stressful work trip away!