Why should I store any of my media (or other data, for that matter) anyplace else? Storing it in the cloud only works for as long as your cloud provider stays in business, and what I store is my business and nobody else's.

Storing it locally works as long as you don't get robbed...
and your house don't burn down...
and you don't get hit by major disaster (i.e. flood)...
and your storage medium doesn't fail...

I keep mine locally (2 redundant systems) and in cloud

It's not a real cloud, you know. All those things can happen to stuff stored "in the cloud" as well.

If there's a bank error in your favor, you don't get to keep the money.

Damn you, uncle Pennybags! You lied to me!

This generally involves three populations of individuals: those who are susceptible to disease, those who are infected and those who recover, return to the population and are no longer susceptible.

For goodness' sake, learn to comma!

Tell me just how an artist or distributor of content is supposed to make a living regardless of the length of time given for the "limited time" as listed in the Constitution?

By doing real work like everyone else.

the world is governed by a democracy in which only those who have served in the military can vote. The argument is that voting rights are open to anybody, but only after demonstrating a willingness to sacrifice for the common good. Non-voters still obtain the same freedoms/rights/etc, but are not trusted with the operation of the government.

I used to naively think that sounded like a good idea. Senator John McCain completely shattered that illusion.

Why don't you run for office

There are still people out there who think regular folks can run for office and not be instantly destroyed/disqualified by the Establishment?

You can't run as part of one of the two parties in the US if the party doesn't want you (e.g. Stephen Colbert), and you don't get serious media attention unless you belong to one of the two parties (e.g. Jill Stein) -- and even if you do belong to one of the two major parties, you don't really get any serious attention if the handful of people who own the media don't like you (e.g. Ron Paul).

99% of Americans can't just "run" for political office even if they had the time and money to do so. The system has evolved prevent that sort of thing.

How do you choose not to believe something? A person is either convinced something is true or he isn't.

Sorry, but you're going to have to clarify your comment here because of Poe's Law.

It would be nice if the makeup of the professions of people who become Congressmen and Senators at least somewhat reflects the makeup of the professions of the actual people. We need scientists and accountants and grocery store clerks and laborers in the gov't, not a gov't made up of 99% lawyers.

Gartner says new technologies are decreasing jobs. In the industrial revolution â" and revolutions since â" there was an invigoration of jobs.

So, the guy didn't learn from the Industrial Revolution (and revolutions since) that all the fear of 'no more jobs for anyone' ended up being unfounded?

New technologies don't decrease the number of available jobs; wealth sequestration among the super-rich does. With the Middle Class having less and less money to spend, the demand for products -- and the jobs required to create them -- goes down. We've been seeing this over the past thirty years, which just happens to coincide with the rise of the computing industry.

Good god, man.

Then our options are to fix this related "slips on the floor" problem or to leave all problems as-is.

There is no middle ground anymore theres the far left and the far right and a giant gulf in the middle with a few real centrists mixed in.

Let me fix that for you:

There is no middle ground anymore theres the right and the far right and a giant gulf to the left with a few real centrists mixed in.

Hey, listen: I can think of one big reason why OoT was not as good as LttP...

These people have a radical and fairly crude ant-secrecy agenda

I can understand the government wanting to go after these people if they are in league with the ants. However, I, for one, will welcome our new insect overlords when their plans come to fruition.