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This does look fascinating.

But the cloud isn't a "myth". It's a marketing term which bundles software as a service, virtual hosting, and globally distributed services. Consumers may not think about where their email and dropbox files are actually stored, but the people who make those services are very aware of the hardware underneath.

Not that you ever get to visit the actual hardware which is why a movie like this is so fascinating. Individual computers now fit in our pocket, but the infrastructure required to support our browsers and apps occupies increasingly vast office parks in remote corners of the world.
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This is no different than farmers exclaiming "You city folks have no idea where your food comes from! It's just sitting there in plastic in the refrigerated section waiting to be picked up!". I'm not a farmer, but I got a pretty good idea how it works. You guys know that there are oil refineries out there too right? Big, noisy places that turn pitch into gasoline and jet fuel? There's a loud, dumb subject which could do with the slow motion steady cam treatment.

It makes me sad that people lack the basic curiosity which would make a movie like this completely unsurprising. I really can't think of a more mundane subject matter, hence the novel presentation. You know, they'll show you around if you ask them about leasing space down at Fisher Plaza.

I went to go see a documentary about long haul truckers at SIFF a few years ago, and while I was waiting in line I turned to my wife and said "Spoiler Alert: People in this country have no idea how vital truckers are to getting shit onto store shelves and if they wanted to, truckers could shut down 'murica". We left half way through to go play pinball.

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@1, sometimes not-so-remote corners of the world:

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/13623147/…
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Sounds like Andrew Blum's Tubes: http://andrewblum.net
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This would surprise only Senator Ted Stevens, and he's dead.

Now, add some pr0nz to these server farms, and you've got a movie!
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@1:
Individual computers now fit in our pocket, but the infrastructure required to support our browsers and apps occupies increasingly vast office parks in remote corners of the world.


Far-flung, exotic locales...like Tukwila. ;-)

Anyways, I agree with fletc3her. Even though I spend a portion of my time in a datacenter, the cinematography and especially sound design in the trailer was evocative. It really felt like Kubrick's long tracking shots of the hotel in the Shining...
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The sights and sounds of a global brain. Will it have a stroke one day?
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Speaking as one with over 30 years in the telecommunications business that was the cleanest looking cable vault I've ever seen. Looks like all fiber no copper.

Nice to see that Spain likes to invest in its infrastructure. Wish there were companies and government entities willing to do the same in this country.

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