The Prizes were intended to be his atonement for that.

There are if the browser has a security bug.

Security bugs that don't require Javascript are less common.

You better say something now or the authorities are going to arrest you for being suspiciously remaining silent.

They already released a Kinect for XBox and Windows.

The Windows Kinect has a near-mode that the XBox one lacks.

I think the quality of episodes 1-3 is directly attributed to Lucas being surrounded by Yes-Men. Artistic people often hate the notes given by studios but in many cases they actually do make them better movies.

> joe schmoe that was thrown under the bus

Yep. That's my prediction. Certain death by starvation if you don't do your job or possible death if you are caught polluting. Meanwhile the boss keeps the money rolling in.

You are right. They settled the 1997 lawsuit in 2001 and as part of that agreed not to distribution Java anymore. It wasn't a court order, but it was a legally binding agreement of some sort.

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2001/jw-0124-iw-mssuncourt.html

When I worked at Microsoft there was talk about how they were legally prevented from shipping anything "Java". I'm actually surprised they are shipping BluRay in the XBox One since the BlueRay spec has Java in it.

A man is defined by his actions, not his memory.

But now I'm quoting Total Recall.

C-3PO had the same personality after his wipes. I think he was the same droid.

I think somehow R2 remembered stuff through his memory wipes. But that's just my idea.

I didn't argue that R2 wasn't older. My only claim is they are both in all the movies and would expect them in all future movies.

3PO is in all the films.

I think Lucas has stated that it was his intent that R2 and 3PO be in all 9 movies he originally "planned."

> How exactly was MS blocked from using Java?

By court order, IIRC.

Out parameters -- my favorite feature of C# over Java.

Or call back someone else's car that is doing the same thing.

Here is what will happen:

Someone will get into an accident driving their own car. They will be sued for negligence because it was an accident that an autonomous vehicle would have prevented. As a result, insurance rates for human drivers goes through the roof. Everyone switches to autonomous vehicles within the year.

Is this just some researchers turning off a laser?