The future......it was far out, man.......

(open into a techie-computer room/office)....5 Years Later......"If you had asked me if I would be spending most of my conscious time using an octocore platform running at 3.4 THz to hunt down cyberterrorists while simultaneously placing a bid on vintage Playstation op-d's - that's optical discs for the great unwashed - I might have laughed at you.  And then slapped you.  But times have changed.  The world has become more interconnected than ever before - and with that communitization, came conflict.  Lots of conflict.  People huddling around vid-screens for the latest news - because no one has the patience or presence of mind to talk; cyberdens overtaking hotels and restaraunts wholesale; media sources battling each other with the ferocity of third-world militias; companies being absorbed left and right by bigger companies; and all the while, the average Joe is asking what happened.  The globalization of "thought-tech," processing at the speed of human thought, has run roughshod over the planet - we are tripping over ourselves to keep up with it.  And yet, some people are still quaint-of-heart enough to try and steal information - silly enough, but at least it keeps me employed.  My job is to hunt down these data-thieves, and stop them from theiving.  It's a dog eat dog world these days - people are just trying to lift enough to get by.  Unless you are incorporated into the global community - then you are set.  You are also living on the hairy edge of survival, which is what drives some people to commit thievery of data.  You'd think stealing food or money would be simpler.  Maybe it is - but this is the World Network, and data matters more here than money, and to some, more than life itself.  I should be happy it turned out this way - keeps me employed."