There's always lots of talk of computers becoming autonomous and self-aware and able to make their own decisions about their environment and operation. Many films and TV shows over the years have based their entire plot around this very fact.

Yesterday I was fully expecting to be able to start a normal day of work, but then I heard the tell tale click-click-click of a dying hard drive. To me, this isn't a problem (it's backed up, afterall, although as a large drive it'll take me a day or so to achieve that).

The link? Yesterday I got confirmation that the new hardware (servers and drive storage) that will be replacing these older components will soon be shipped.