I've never seen it either, but I know that it must happen because it's so obvious.

You see this all the time with crackpots.
"I invented a perpetual motion machine/cold fusion device/200mpg carburetor/etc...! I just need money to develop it!"
"Wonderful! Let me replicate the results first and we're in business!"
"NO WAY! You're just going to steal the technology and kill me and leave me in a ditch somewhere!!!"

If the process were legitimate, they would be more than happy to let you test it. All that paranoia is just an excuse to hide the fact that it's bullshit.

x86_64 support seems less critical for me. Sure you'll be limited to 4GB of memory, but it's a toy OS anyway. No chip is going to drop support for ia32 anytime soon (heck, they still support old 16 bit modes!). The lack of UEFI support however is going to seriously limit the number of machines it can be installed on in the near future. It's going to become hard to find machines that still have an old style BIOS on them.

Wow, they got SATA support on May 10, 2013? I wonder how long it will take them to implement UEFI support. Is it always going to be a decade behind?

My understanding is that Hurd has been held back because Stallman was a bit of a control freak and made it very difficult for the community to help him develop the kernel, even after his wrists went and he couldn't personally code anymore. Linus had a much much better attitude towards community development which allowed the Linux kernel to completely displace Hurd.

I really hope this means every XBox will come with a Cablecard slot in the back, just so Microsoft can cause every Cable Company manager's head to explode at the same time when they announce the feature.

So he's been burnt to a crisp?

I think he meant to say Doctrine of Fair Use.

Also, these are derivative works in most cases. They're not just putting FMV segments up, they're playing the game, adding content (commentaries for instance), and are getting stolen from just as much as Nintendo was previously. This would be like a cover band being required to pay all of their income to the original bands. Some sort of revenue sharing agreement is clearly needed.

I was talking about the binaries, not the source. The binaries are 256 bytes, as was mentioned in the writeup, but "compressed" they ended up around 260 bytes or so.

That's like complaining that oh no, you need to use Postscript, that's a DRIVER!!!

The point is that the OS comes with the Postscript driver, as well as PPD support. They'll never become obsolete and will always be supported by new versions of the OS.

Wait, MA doesn't have a concept of a life changing event for their enrollement process? That doesn't sound right. If you move into the state or have a baby or something you should be eligible to join regardless of what month it is.

The worst part is that zip actually increased the size of the programs by a few bytes. It was counterproductive here, although it did help shrink that relatively gigantic disk image.

I will never buy a non-Postscript printer ever again. Postscript printers mean you never have to mess with drivers, especially network Postscript printers.

You're asking the federal government to solve a state government problem. While they theoretically have the power to enact a sweeping federal legislation banning these sorts of laws, there is absolutely no political will for it. Not unless Elon Musk gets his butt over to Washington DC and breaks out the checkbook.

rich people may be less corruptible, since they don't need the money

You may not want to look too closely into how many of them got rich in the first place.

Stuff like when parties are happening, major life events (births, graduations), etc...