Now what? Are people going to engage in any kind of activism at all or vent on Slashdot? People simply don't give a crap about privacy and the polls show it. Everyone has the "hey, I'm not a terrorist so why should I care?" attitude.

I've been trying to maintain it for my own online experience and the tracking is insanely pervasive. I can't even create a YouTube account without giving out my phone number. I've actually written my representatives to complain about it, but I know I'm in a small, quiet minority in this country. I just get tired of reading all the incensed comments and articles about the loss of online privacy when it amounts to nothing more than another rant.

Incorrect. The guy stuck his neck out making GW his cause and trying to promote activism to reverse it. I'm big into documentaries and there have been dozens since that have come out that are just as important that barely made a whiff in theaters. It's ludicrous to think that someone would use the documentary genre to get rich. Al Gore's efforts took off and to add to that he turned out to be a damned good businessman with his Current network.

Besides, the way to get rich is to be a scientist on the take from Big Oil who uses is credentials to pretend GW isn't real.

You're correct. I love the actor, he's been great in other roles but he was terrible at pulling off the geekiness that Toby Macguire handled so well. This Peter Parker is more like a privileged frat boy. I thought the 3rd original Spiderman sucked, but I had zero interest in the 2nd new entry after seeing the first.

And, I REALLY hated the change to his origin story. I don't know if that's in the comics, but that's typical comic melodrama. Cyclops couldn't just be an Orphan of a plane crash. Now, daddy is an interstellar space hero. Same w/ Spiderman. His whole appeal is that he's a very smart, but very working class kid who's alter ego is in another universe compared to other comic hero covers.

That's a legit question over great lengths of space and time.

If I follow a woman around and snap pictures of her through her windows, I'm a stalker. If she's in the public eye for *whatever* reason and I tell the cop I'm going to sell the pics to the Enquirer, that makes it OK. No one would have a problem using drones to survey farmland, but what happens when there's a network of drones in the air tracking the movements of every citizen and that database is sold to the the government?

This is something we need to get worked out quickly before the abuses start.

And the freetards still complain that it's not as good as piracy. He needs to just accept that some people will always pirate then rationalize why they *have* to do so.

How on earth does a *smart* investment rely on microsecond-span fluctuations in stock prices? It can't. Either something is or isn't a good investment. If you need a Mathematics PhD churning out time-sensitive algorithms to make money, by nature that means you're gaming the market.

There's nothing crazy about taking the huge bribe she'll be getting.

Huh?

The storyline was wrapped up in the movies. I'm not talking about Lucas' original vision. Had RotJ been left somewhat open ended like intended, I'd agree with you.

Don't worry. Now that technology is allowing these abuses to target "us" and not "them" people will start getting angry.

Before I even moved in, every organization with foreknowledge of the sale apparently sold my information to whoever was paying. My mailbox was PACKED with junk mail in my name before I even moved in! And, it was all targeted (Home Depot, furniture stores, pest control, etc.). To this day, I'd estimate that 60-70% of what I get is junk mail. There's no way these companies can be paying the going rate I pay as a US citizen to mail letters.

Same here. The movie storyline was fairly compactly wrapped up. More movies feels like a money grab. I was interested in the prequels and seeing the Republic in its former glory, but more SW movies feels like a comic movie sequel where they wheel out another villain.

The summary and original article do everything but say "this might have been created by aliens!" until you read the fine print. Stick to Kartrashian headlines if you think science is that boring.

I'd love to be able to see limited information like notifications on my watch (when my cell is in my pocket). Nothing more annoying than having to fish out your cell when you're in the middle of something only to find it was just a spam sent to your work email. That could be done simply with inexpensive hardware upgrades and a cheap display.

No need to get crazy with watches. But, watches are also jewelry, so if you can't pull it off without maintaining the aesthetic it won't work for consumers.