I think they mean "the sun is too close [a star] for its optics [to handle the light intensity]"

I think they meant "the sun is too close [a star] for its optics [to handle the light intensity]"

FYI they belly-flopped the plane, the nose was actually pointing up the whole time they were falling.

Wait, you were in an office not lit with horrible fluorescent strip lighting?

I still can't decipher where exactly this malware is on OSX, I suppose it's just sitting harmlessly in the browser's cache?

As another comparison an average grain of salt contains around 1.2x10^18 atoms verses this simulation's 5.5x10^11 particles. (source)

Or even the more catchy "Feds shut down Tor-based narcotics store"

They keep the air pressure in ISS higher than they do on an airliner. Pressure in ISS is equivalent to sea level pressure while an airliner is only pressurised to the equivalent of 8,000 ft.

I can't think of any reason to do this (other than an elaborate April fools), to make these servers available to the internet they will need to either connect to ground infrastructure somewhere directly or rely on a wireless service provider (cellular or satellite).

If they're relying on a wireless internet provider they could just shut access to the servers off, if it's connected to ground infrastructure (which would of course need to go through 3rd party internet providers as well) then access can just be cut off from there instead. They may as well, if using miniature low cost servers, just create small self powered self contained servers that can be hidden at multiple locations.

Or, are they suggested that to access The Pirate Bay you will now need your own dish antenna to contact the server drones directly? :)

The Amiga never had a big FOSS scene, it was always much more centred around small time commercial and indie devs, with little open source and virtually no first party support. Who would have open sourced Amiga OS? Commodore? The people who paid for the IP after Commodore went bust? Not really sure what use the source would be anyway as it was very tied to the hardware architecture.

Most FOSS enthusiasts were on other platforms or started their own (Aros etc.), if someone had wanted a free TCP stack on Amiga they would have written it but it just wasn't that scene so indie devs stepped in with shareware stacks. (btw Amiga OS has come with a full TCP stack since 3.9).

Accusing indie devs of profiteering and gouging would be like accusing Notch of gouging for not releasing Minecraft as free open source, it's their work and if people want to pay for it they will.

The current Amiga scene is probably still the same, hence most Amiga devs feeling more protective over there work than FOSS enthusiasts, especially with paid bounties for Amiga ports of apps like Firefox. You can't criticise the Amiga scene for not being something it never was.