This could easily ruin someone's life. Stop fucking around Google.

Couldn't this "airborne laser scan" be used for spying?

Just about any sensor you can think of can be used for spying. Are the logistics of recovering camera film from spy satellites something you think about every time you use the digital camera in your smartphone though?

Probably, just like any other technology.. what is your point?

Yeap, me too. I tried to update XCode a couple of times with 0 success.

I love to read these kind of stories, It's hard to quit everything in life and pursue a new way of living. Not everybody has the guts to do it. I fall in this group of people that are too afraid for the unknown and sit in the job not seeing the point of it almost everyday.

I think what you'll find if you read more of these stories is that it's not bravery that causes people to switch, it's fear.

Read it again.

I concur. I switched from law to programming out of fear of doing the boring paperwork part of every project all my life, and wasting it.