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posted by LaminatorX on Friday February 21 2014, @10:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the Nations-Spying-on-Authors dept.

fleg writes:

"The Guardian is reporting that while the author of The Snowden Files was writing it, paragraphs started self-deleting."

From the article:

By September the book was going well - 30,000 words done. A Christmas deadline loomed. I was writing a chapter on the NSA's close, and largely hidden, relationship with Silicon Valley. I wrote that Snowden's revelations had damaged US tech companies and their bottom line. Something odd happened. The paragraph I had just written began to self-delete. The cursor moved rapidly from the left, gobbling text. I watched my words vanish. When I tried to close my OpenOffice file the keyboard began flashing and bleeping.

[ED Note: Some of author's claims are of course unverifiable, but his insiders view of the early days of the story are interesting even so.]

 
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  • (Score: 1) by bucc5062 on Friday February 21 2014, @12:28PM

    by bucc5062 (699) on Friday February 21 2014, @12:28PM (#4263)

    d'oh! Wondered what the R meant. That was my American showing. Thanks for the info and it does make it seem less elite.

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    The more things change, the more they look the same
  • (Score: 2, Informative) by cesarb on Friday February 21 2014, @01:09PM

    by cesarb (1224) on Friday February 21 2014, @01:09PM (#4273) Journal

    Well, that restaurant is near the Ipanema beach (you can find it on OpenStreetMap [openstreetmap.org]), so it would make sense for it to be somewhat expensive.

    That beverage does seem to be on the expensive side. Beverages tend to be more expensive on restaurants, but look at its price on a supermarket [paodeacucar.com.br]: R$ 2,19 for the Guaraná Zero.