I've heard of Amazon's, Microsoft's, and Google's cloud offerings, but I had no idea Oracle had one too. I can't even imagine the prices they must be charging. But why would the justice dept even consider using Oracle over one of the big ones?

If you don't have kids and you know that you will most likely be dead before things really get bad then ignoring it is probably a valid response. After all, once you are dead you will not know/care about the future of humanity (and your non-existent children are not a part of the future). Hmm, now I'm starting to wonder if people who don't have any kids, and thus don't have any skin in the game, are dangerous to the future of humanity and should be feared.

Is that based on where the children or the parents live?

In regards to Skype, MS changed the service so all data feeds through MS servers which has the affect of 1. slowing down the service for most users, and 2. giving MS (and the US government) access to all of you Skype calls.

Except, every one of those 150 sites has a password reset mechanism. So if LastPass disappeared tomorrow, you could still get into any one of those 150 sites after you reset your password. The same does not hold true for bitcoins.

I used to be a Netflix DVD subscriber, but then they raised their prices so I dropped them and switched to Redbox (which turned out to be a good thing - I only rent about 2 movies a month which works out to $3 if I don't have a coupon). I had no idea Netflix still rented DVDs. Every time I hear someone mention Netflix they are clearly talking about the streaming service.

And then what? Oh look, there is motion in our hotel room, but we are 50 miles away at the moment. I suppose you could call the hotel, but that might be too late.

It depends. I get 45+ days off every year, plus a 6 week sabbatical every 5 years (I work for a Fortune 150 company).

It depends on the company. I get 36 days of vacation every year, plus a 6 week sabbatical every 5 years. Plus from memorial day to labor day (basically june, july, and august) we only work half days on Fridays (so that's essentially an extra 7 days of vacation). Plus if I work late I usually get comp days. And my vacation rolls over, so if I don't use it all one year I can use it the next.

Wow. My company gives everyone the same 10 days off every year (typically things like MLK day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. +1 day of the employees choice). Plus employees get another day of vacation every pay period, so that is an additional 26 vacation days a year. Vacation rolls over from year to year. Plus employees get a 6 week sabbatical every 5 years. Right now I could take 3 months of paid vacation off if I wanted. But, I love my job and don't really have any incentive to take time off. I actually regret the weekend.

I don't know if this is true. I have spend 20 years doing everything from setting up servers, securing them, installing software (mail server, application server, web server, caching server, database - oracle and postgres, etc.), configuring the software, designing and building database tables, partitions, indices, sequences, keys, constraints, triggers, etc. Writing innumerable sql statements, writing server-side code, writing front end html, css, js, etc.

Wait, why will rising sea levels kill millions? Its not like the levels are rising all at once like a Tsunami. It will be a more gradual thing that will allow people to move to higher ground.

Except now you can see that the technology to do it is not revolutionary, but merely evolutionary.

Well, you were half right. It turned out we didn't need PCs either (or at least the majority of the population doesn't need one).

I wish I had your level of optimism.