My proposal is to eliminate all local disk storage and rely instead on the 
Internet for storing your personal files.  And I don't mean a remote disk 
server, either.  I want to use the Internet itself to store my data.  I'll set 
up machines to simply forward packets around the net. To save a file, I simply 
send it to the forwarding chain.  The data will be stored not in RAM nor in 
someones buffer, but in electron potentials hurtling around the globe in 
wires, through space, and in fiber optic cable.  To retrieve my file I'd 
simply set up a flag on one of the transfer points saying that my file should 
be forwarded to me instead of on to the next in the machine chain.

You know if we get enough people participating, we'll have access to terabytes 
and terabytes of storage without buying any additional hardware at all!  Think 
of the cost savings!  And you'd have instant access to your data from anywhere 
on the Internet, too.

I'm forming the Internet Data Repository Consortium; we need some folks to 
help administer it and to begin hitting the virtual sidewalks to gather 
volunteers for relay stations.  We'll work it so that if you agree to forward 
packets, you can use the network for storage yourself for free.

Who's with me?