I'm in the minority, I like PERL.

- nations have secrets - the SoS must handle those secrets - having secrets in an unsecured network/server is illegal (at least in the U. S.) - HRC handled classified traffic - HRC handled classified traffic on an unsecured network/server - what HRC did was illegal

I used Bacula to back up a company of ~25 users. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of TSM. Once you figure out how it works, it's nice (and it's free). I ran the Bacula server on GNU/Linux (Redhat I think). There are clients for GNU/Linux, Windows, and Mac. Backups can also be encrypted.

Quicken

The Machine Stops is also my first thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops http://manybooks.net/titles/forstereother07machine_stops.html

I find the books of Daniel Suarez, _Daemon_ and _Freedom_, very interesting and I think the Google Glass could be the way as described in the books to merge reality with virtual reality.

Heinlein is probably my favorite author. I really like the _Lensman_ series.

This reminds me of _Brazil_. Oh, Robert De Niro where are you....?

Reminds me of the robot cars in _Demolition Man_ and _Minority Report_ (there are probably other films, those are just the first two I thought of).