When you start to look back, things like this start making a lot more sense in the present context: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2

When you start to look back, things like this start making a lot more sense in the present context: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/02/obama_meets_with_facebook_founder_mark_zuckerberg_headed_to_oregon_next.html http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2... Maybe there isn't a plan to infiltrate existing big-data companies, but it seems like an awful coincidence that we see things like the above link and the headlines of today.