The person that wrote that post can't get basic facts about stars right. I wouldn't trust them to interpret anything he or she heard correctly.

From the original article "So the really lucky folks (for whom Betelgeuse is only visible at night) will get 24 hour days, everybody else will get at least some time with two suns in the sky." Here's the deal. A given star isn't visible at night to one person and visible during the day to another. Now if a star is visible to people at the same longitude can depend on their latitudes. If the Earth is between Betelgeuse and the Sun, then it's visible at night to everyone who can see it from their latitude. In that case everyone is going to have longer days. It might turn out to not be full daylight for 24 hours depending on the angles. We could get brighter days and shorter nights.

My guess is either the person is making it up, or their lack of basic astronomical knowledge led to them misunderstanding something that was being said about when Betelgeuse dies.

I have an old HP inkjet printer/scanner/copier that will not scan without ink. That was the last HP printer I will ever buy.

The energy required to hold on to the stick and rotate at a rate so that the velocity at the end of the stick faster than the speed of light would be infinite.

So, no. The ship wouldn't move faster than the speed of light because you wouldn't be able to generate the force required to make it do so.

I suspected that was your point, but it is not what you said.

You said (my emphasis) "Here's the difference. You can buy OS X and install it on any machine you want. Apple won't stop you; however, don't expect Apple to support it as it runs on non-Apple hardware. Now the moment you create a business to start selling it, you become a re-seller. As a re-seller, Apple can dictate what you can and cannot do."

My point (of which you're probably aware) was that Apple actually does try to dictate to everyone that OS X may only be installed on Apple hardware. However, unlike the RIAA, they don't seem to think it's worth it to sue each individual user. Though that view doesn't stop them from trying to use the DMCA to keep the information from users http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/02/17/apple_serves_dmca_notice_to_osx86_project.html. The only difference between an individual and a group to Apple is how much effort they are willing to expend to stop you from using OS X in violation of the EULA.

WRONG

OSX contains DRM to stop this type of thing.

From the http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ
Do I need Apple hardware to run Mac OS X?

Not anymore.

Projects such as OSx86 have succeeded in allowing the Intel-based version of Mac OS X to run on non-Apple hardware largely by bypassing the TPM in software.

The "Trusted Platform Module," or TPM, is a computer chip embedded inside Intel-based Macs to prevent the Intel-based version of Mac OS X from running on non-Apple hardware. (during installation of Mac OS X, Mac OS X interfaces with the TPM. If Mac OS X finds that the TPM doesn't exist, Mac OS X refuses to install or run.)

In building your "Hackintosh" however, you may want to keep as close to the hardware configuration of Intel-based Macs for the best compatibility. Intel Macs use (or have used) either a Core Solo, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, or Xeon processor. For graphics cards, Intel Macs have seen Intel's GMA950; ATI's Mobility Radeon X1600, Radeon X1600, and Radeon X1900 XT; and nVidia's GeForce 7300GT, 7600GT, 8600M GT or Quadro FX4500. . . . . .

I went to the Carbonite website to see what these people have to say. I like what they have to say about "How does Carbonite Online Backup keep my data secure?" It reads (my emphasis in the quoted text):

"Carbonite uses a combination of encryption techniques, similar to those used by banks, to safeguard your data. Files are encrypted twice before they leave your PC and remain encrypted on our servers, making it virtually impossible for anyone to access your files without your secret password. Users are also given the option to manage their own encryption key."

Clearly these are the kind of people you can trust to not put in a backdoor, mine your data, and sell it.

Although you're right that using the fingerprint itself for encryption is not realisitic, the solution that a good fingerprint system will use to provide the same basic functionality is to match the fingerprint in hardware. If the fingerprint swipe matches, then the hardware will release the decryption key. This way you get to do the fuzzy match, but get a fixed result.