51% of people believe that cloud computing can be interfered with by stormy weather

Oh today does looks cloudy! I sure wonder if my computer will go faster!

Wait, you mean it cant!?

Just at this moment, I'm working on a cloud presentation for university.
Got to use that article somehow! :D

Well to be fair it could, assuming of course that the data center is hit by lightning or flooded...
But I get what you mean.

That reminds me of this site made by tech guys that had all the stupid questions they get asked(especially when computers were new). One story was about how people thought viruses were airborne and locked virus infected floppy discs in rooms by themselves away from other floppys and they wore plastic gloves when handling them so they dont get infected lol

If you're on satellite internet it very much could.

I bet we can find that kind of people in other countries as well ^^

it's DA clawd, my bredas!

This is satire right?

"an additional 17 percent have pretended to know what the cloud was during a first date"

People who try to impress their dates with fake knowledge about computer networking deserve everything they get. (Such as a lack of a second date)

Seriously though, that article really needs to stop saying "Cloud". It really doesn't need to be repeated once every single sentence.

51% of people would be right, since probably more people 'cloud compute' wirelessly than physically. Not always. but "can".

I also read Reddit.

Considering how many people believe that dinosaurs existed at the same time as cavemen, that fire is an element, that the moon landing was a hoax, that Obama's birth certificate is faked...

Yeah, people will believe just about anything. I'm not surprised to find out that something relatively new in technology is poorly-understood.

"Think about this; think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that."

• George Carlin

And it is true
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/amazon-web-services-knocked-offline-by-storms/

ok, they asked some pretty stupid questions in that survey. If someone asked ME what "the cloud" is, with no context, which is apparently what they did, I'd probably say "the thing in the sky that makes rain". If they asked what "the cloud is" in relation to computers or technology, my answer would be much different. Honestly the article just seems like a "looooooooool, people don't know what cloud computing is, and here's our survey to prove it", combined with a terribly made survey.

That article is pure win!

But of course it can. One lightning blowing server or net connection and voila :P .

That's just sad.