Has this kind of situation been documented? Because it would seem to me like a lot of resources for the government to use, out of spite, against just one person, with little benefit in return.

Misdemeanors are now felonies!

"Hi, we've detected a virus on your machine etc etc"

"How do you know?"

"We have a file about you and your computer."

"Yea? What's my name?"

".....[click]beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Actually we DO have equations for all the physics that relate to it.
They teach the basics in a course called "statics", then when they start moving they call it "dynamics".
Then you get into solid mechanics/Mechanics of Deformable solids (think steel as a sponge).

Then there is of course FEA, which is just an application of MODS, and really just a massive mess/"system" of equations.

has left the building

The biggest oil platform, Hibernia, can only accomodate 185 people.

Does the semi-autonomous (or future, 100% autonomous) car pull over?

Is anyone really surprised?

Apple decides to block updates of their hardware.
Microsoft decides to stop supporting old software.

You're using closed source software, so you're stuck.

That's the point of Free Software.

are the laughing people getting paid?

Personally I use vim and emacs, they can do everything those editors can, and much more.
Once you get over the learning curve, which I did, there is no reason to try the less capable editors.

It's a simile

is those countries series of tubes, and install valves on them and charge for the flow.

In other words, they could put a toll on the internet superhighway, so that each time a big truck enters that country, there's a price to be paid.

If I had written the bill, I would have named it "USA #1 Freedom Bald Eagle Star Spangled Flag Waving Democracy Rah Rah Rah Act"

following the convention for naming stars that are not dense enough to ignite "brown dwarfs", we could name these new, less dense, singularities... "brown holes".

when everyone is on the list.

The probable good news is that, given the incredible computing power at play, this should not take a very long time, since the reasonable suspicion criterion make it easy to add names.