Sure, on demand media is very convenient and I am more than willing to switch to a stream-based service like OnLive completely, but what if your purchased media or your photo albums on flickr or Picasa become unavailable for some reason?

Imagine you are planning a party with games, movies, music and suddenly your internet connection drops leaving you in the stone age.

Or even worse, what if your account gets hacked and all your expensive stuff is gone forever?