So what is the "normal" way "one should act" if someone shows up close to you and just starts recording? While I find it funny on this side of the screen, obviously some don't appreciate it while in front of the lens.

I get his argument that we're recorded everywhere, but it occurred to me, do the public recordings have audio that goes along with it.

I work in Downtown Los Angeles. So on one occasion I noticed something mounted to a short tripod. After walking up to it and visually examining the device, I could tell it was an array of microphones - I couldn't see anything that was recording video to my knowledge. But the question I had, is our right to speak in public protected from being recorded? I *think* this guys arguments that he is in public are valid, thus he is able to take pictures or moving video of them, but what about sound? Sure, one would think if you're in a public place, but does that violate any laws?

The one guy at the Starbucks who was on a cellphone - he was in a public place, outside even! Yet he demanded privacy for a conversation on a cellphone. Are we all just that confused in assuming that we have any privacy at all?

Thanks for great work!

So this is like, Redhat selling a service contract to support its installation on servers? "So you need help to get into the system? No problem, just send me the code it shows on the screen."

I've been telling people about the Anime "Ghost in the Shell" for years, because I think this is more likely to happen first: Augmented Humans.

We'll have feet and hands, followed by arms and legs, leading up to organs and eventually e-brains (network connectivity, SSD, etc), eye inserts (optical zoom and macro abilities), and who knows what else? But the series has a catch, no more than 2 people in the entire world have full cyborg bodies because you can't just drop anyone in a full cyborg machine.

The Japanese provide the high quality augmentations, while the Chinese have the low quality parts that don't work very well, last long, and are prone to be hacked.

Now with that being said, I would find it hard to imagine "that a person can be preserved." Think of explaining what a person is to a computer - you may never finish the task, such as explaining what color is to a person who's been blind since birth. Because we're not just constructs of memory that recall to produce a real time interface, but rather a complex array of sensors and output that interacts in an environment that is difficult to describe - just to name a few things. You can do a lot of things, and maybe one day create a real life simulacrum but will it be able to perceive that you are sad or happy? Will it understand what your emotions mean as it interacts with you?

I kinda think of it like the writers from the Robocop series did, not everyone is cut out to be a brain in a robotic suit with weapons, you might just spaz out and shoot others or yourself to end the misery.

The steps Mexico took are ideal and should be part of normal operating procedure around the world. Unfortunately, I am not sure how many countries would be agreeable with taking those actions. The fact that about 30 incidents of theft of class 1 - 5 materials occur each year is, well, frighting. Maybe this will be the starting point for such global agreements to be drafted.

Unfortunately I lack knowledge in who these guys are in taking up the cache. My question is thus: what risks does Greenwald and cohort run of getting assassinated to keep this under wraps (and to send a message to anyone who would want to continue the work)? Snowden is hiding out in Russia for a reason. Where are these guys going to be located that they think they're safe from getting picked up Osama style while flouting around that they have ALL of the data AND they plan to release it all?

An Idiot Abroad is one of my all time favorite shows. Amazing what he went through.

Having started and gotten a lot of work done on a book, I know it can be difficult. Its been years and I have not been able to finish it time, research and other hurdles. But it is so exciting to see that you have a copy of your book in your hands - how awesome does that feel? Maybe you can email us before you post it on /. so we can make sure to login and upvote your submission.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by bar code generator, but is this what you're looking for? http://www.barcode-generator.org/

For a title name, how about "Star Drops"?

For adding the copywrite, you don't have to change the page numbers if you added as Roman Numerals (I.E. i,ii,iii,iv etc.). I've seen than in quite a few books. That way you can keep your page numbers the same and still be able to add more before the table of contents.

Do you want to merge, add to, create PDFs? I have Adobe software that allows me to make one mega file out of many smaller PDFs. If this is what you need, let me know as I may be able to do it for you. You can always reach me by email.